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The rhythm based Fitbit data used by doctors to shock the heart of a patient to bring back in rhythm. It indicates that such kinds of devices can be used for this purpose not only just to track your exercise. A man 42 years-old reached at an ER in New Jersey, Canada with defibrillator problem, an irregular and fast heartbeat. He needed emergency medical treatment, but what kind of? In some of the cases, defibrillator can generate a stroke, but mostly it is not too dangerous. He was found lucky because he was wearing a Fitbit and it was indicating his abnormality, doctors noticed that his heartbeat went abnormal at the same time of his first heart-attack.

Point to be noted that he was wearing “Fitbit Charge HR” a wrist activity tracker and it was harmonized with an application on the smart-phone of patient. It records the pulse rate and it is the part of a fitness program. The Fitbit of patient indicated an increase to a range of 140 to 160 beats/ minute and it was the time of his first heart-attack. it means that arrhythmia was not due to persistent condition and his critical condition was not due to blood clot that can be removed by a defibrillation. So, the team of doctors selected to do an electrical cardio-version by shocking the heart of patient in order to bring it back to normal rhythm. It is the first time that a fitness tracker of a patient was used for any direct medical treatment. It is important that researchers are using Research-Kit app of Apple in collaboration with Apple Watch in order to analyze how sleep affects the medical stats of a patient.