About 500,000 elderly people in Switzerland suffer a fall each year.Thus medical attention and help are essential for these people,\r\nwho mostly live alone without a caregiver. Only 3% of people aged over 65 in Switzerland use an emergency system. Personal\r\ntelehealth devices allow patients to receive enough information about the appropriate treatment, as well as followup with their\r\ndoctors and reports of any emergency, in the absence of any caregiver.This increases their quality of life in a cost-effective fashion.\r\nââ?¬Å?Limmexââ?¬Âââ?¬â?a new medical emergency watchââ?¬â?was launched in Switzerland in 2011 and has been a great commercial success. In this\r\npaper, we give a brief review of this watch technology, along with the results of a survey of 620 users conducted by the Department\r\nof Emergency Medicine in Bern.
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