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Re:Just had a heart attack by melling on Monday November 03, 2014 @09:20AM (#8550845)
Yeah, I'm simply throwing out a strawman. I have no idea what's possible or important.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man

The important idea is that I'm not asking the wearable to tell someone that they're having a heart attack but simply indicate some one "test" is not within range.

Re:Just had a heart attack by JshWright on Monday November 03, 2014 @09:42AM (#8550950)
Unfortunately, there aren't any tests that could be run at the wrist that would be even remotely specific for an MI.

Really the only thing I can think of is some sort of transcutaneous monitoring of troponin levels in the blood, but that's hard to do (without needles) and a late indicator... troponin levels don't start rising for a few hours after the damage has started.