Cutting-edge technology proves once again that, when used correctly, it can save lives.
Among the many products sold on Amazon, its smart speakers are among the most sought after. The assistant they include, known as Alexa, is capable of performing a number of pre-defined tasks, including the ability to generate routines which on certain occasions can mean the difference between life and death. Exactly as the youngest say today: literally.
Alexa, save my mother!
We introduce you to Emma Anderson, a 27-year-old woman from the Scottish town of Robroyston. During a routine check-up with a doctor, given that he was suffering from a pathology known as Hypertrophic cardiomyopathythey discovered that he had a serious heart problem and that he needed immediate treatment.
After emergency surgery, Emma passed away implantable automatic defibrillatorknown as an ICD, inside your body to reverse abnormal heart rhythms.
🎥Watch Emma Anderson’s remarkable story of how her daughter saved her life with Alexa, got a new heart, learned to walk again, got married, and then starred in a movie @IamTomWalker music video 👩👧👩❤️👨💍🎼
📰 https://t.co/1bZ68j23o8 (more links to videos in the article)
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Once she recovered from the shock and was home, Emma used her Echo device to set up Alexa and that he would be able to call his mother if something went wrong. Not only that. Her 6-year-old daughter, Darcy, has also learned to use the Amazon Assistant to do this actionsimply by saying the phrase “Alexa, ask for help”. The girl had to use the assistant function on several occasions, and in one of the cases when her mother fell unconscious, she managed to call an ambulance.
@emmaand01 I went for a routine checkup and was accepted immediately, I almost lost my fight a few times but then I got a heart transplant in May, it was a really hard journey, I only spent a little over 4 months there my family when I lived in hospital but managed to marry my best friend and partner of 10 years in July at 26♥️ #organdonationawareness #organdonationsaveslives #thebestisyettocome ♬ original sound – Emma Anderson
And with an illness that will worsen in a short time, Darcy even knew he had to open the door so that they can enter the house as quickly as possible after the arrival of their relatives or emergency services.
Now as you can see in A TikTok video uploaded by Emma Recently on the platform, a young Scotsman wants share your story, so that if someone is in the same situation, they have hope that there is always a possibility that things will turn out well. Of course, with the help of Alexa and such an intelligent girl, life gave Emma a second chance, which we are sure she will use in the best possible way.