My partner and I are getting older, and sleep in different rooms at different times. We’ve both worried about the other dying unbeknownst. I wear a pulse watch, but don’t know if it will do what I want. Any ideas, friends? I’d like us to be able to glance at a screen and see a heartbeat, ideally without spending more than a couple hundred dollars, and without too much hassle or cumbersome equipment. I appreciate any suggestions. (edit - we use android and Linux.)

  • ryannathans@aussie.zone
    214·
    20 hours ago

    Ultimately, what good will a device telling you your partner is already dead do?

    I can understand proactive measures to get help but a pulse of 0 is going to be far too late.

    Take a heart attack as an example, heart rate will seemingly randomly either increase or decrease or it might even stay the same with an abnormal rhythm, etc. These rhythms are detectable, for example, with an apple watch.

    I can understand the mental reassurance that your partner is “okay” by seeing a heart beat exist but this may be a false sense of security if they need help while still alive?

    • Zeusz@lemmy.world
      51·
      11 hours ago

      When the heartbeat stops,it is only clinical death. CPR and timely medical help can still bring that person back.

    • 18107@aussie.zoneEnglish
      131·
      19 hours ago

      Peace of mind (knowing that your partner is ok) can significantly reduce stress and increase quality of life.

      Even if the device can’t give an alert soon enough to do anything, just looking and seeing that they are ok this morning can bring a sense of peace, and that’s worth something.

      • howrar@lemmy.ca
        2·
        16 hours ago

        It would suck extra hard to lie in bed planning out the nice breakfast you’re going to make for your partner and learn afterwards that they’ll never get to enjoy it.

        • stray@pawb.social
          1·
          19 minutes ago

          There’s a YouTube video of a guy who I guess he and his wife did life blogs or something (I didn’t watch their content, so I don’t really know). He’s got his recording going about the start of his day, talking about how she’s sleeping in again, and then he goes to wake her, but she’s fucking dead. It’s like the most human thing I’ve ever seen on film, and I really appreciate that he posted it, even though I don’t fully understand why I feel that way. It just feels important to me.