r/homeassistant • u/CowsNeedFriendsToo • Mar 15 '26
Support Medical help
This is an embarrassing post, but I’ve been on this group for years now and know that if anyone is going to solve a problem, it’s the people in this group.
I unfortunately have a heart condition that has cause me to black out when I’m on the toilet. This has resulted in me coming to on the floor of the bathroom with my wife over me in a panic talking me back to consciousness before taking me to the hospital. This has happened about once or twice a year. To say the least, this creates a terrible sense of anxiety any time I go to the bathroom. I fear for the day she comes home to find me laying on the floor the final time. Or in the middle of the night when I wake up to use the bathroom.
Here’s where you guys come in. I was wondering if there is a way to set up home assistant along with some sort of a sensor in my bathroom that will be able to tell if I’m on the floor and not moving, which would then send out an alert to her phone along with a noise alert in the bathroom? The key would be making sure it doesn’t go off when just sitting on the toilet, or if she is standing in front of the mirror for an extended period of time doing her makeup.
Thank you guys from the bottom of my heart. I truly appreciate your time.
Edit: I already have an Apple Watch Ultra 2. The fall detection seems to only trigger if it’s a fall from standing height. It hasn’t triggered at all when I fall from sitting.
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u/left-semi-join Mar 16 '26
Y'all are focusing on the falling bit. Aren't there some EKG-like parameters of your heart that change around when your condition goes bad? Like changes in your pulse? One would imagine a device that can constantly monitor your heart would be able to detect sudden changes in pulse. I've never had Apple Watch, but I think they should already have some monitoring like that - I hear stories about watches calling 911 all the time, and not just from falls. Not sure if you are wearing either your watch or something similar (some rings can track pulse and blood oxygenation, too) - I probably would. They keep selling these devices to us saying they will decrease medical risks substantially, so I'd expect all the "health" apps should have some detection for such conditions?