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Is there an easy way to remotely monitor another person's pulse? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by temporal_spider@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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.)

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[–] 18107@aussie.zone 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 1 points 1 day ago

Having a heart beat does not necessarily mean someone is okay

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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 points 1 day 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.

[–] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But then you get to enjoy it 😆

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

well probably they wouldn't want it anymore