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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?
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.
Having a heart beat does not necessarily mean someone is okay
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.
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.
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well probably they wouldn't want it anymore
When the heartbeat stops,it is only clinical death. CPR and timely medical help can still bring that person back.
Would rather give them assistance well before that point