Heartfelt Gratitude – How WHOOP Saved My Life on August 1st

Dear WHOOP Team,

​I am writing this email to express my deepest, most sincere gratitude to your team and the technology you have built. On August 1st, my WHOOP band played a direct role in saving my life.

​I have a history of a serious heart condition dating back to April, so monitoring my vitals closely is critical for me. I subscribed to WHOOP Peak back in June, and I am on track to unlock my Life Subscription within the next month. That decision turned out to be life-saving.

​On the morning of August 1st, I experienced a sudden, severe episode of Superventricular Tachycardia (SVT) with my pulse spiking over 200 BPM.

​During the emergency, we tried measuring my vitals using standard home Blood Pressure monitors, but every machine repeatedly returned an error code—they simply could not read or compute a heart rate that high.

​It was my WHOOP band that accurately tracked and alerted me to the extreme pulse spike of 205+ BPM in real time. Because WHOOP successfully captured this critical data when other devices failed, I was able to recognize the immediate danger and reach the hospital emergency room in time, where doctors administered two 200-Joule DC shocks to stabilize my heart rhythm.

​As a result of this incident, my cardiologists have scheduled an ICD (Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator) chip placement to protect my heart moving forward.

​Without WHOOP’s continuous, precise monitoring during those crucial minutes, the outcome could have been drastically different. You don’t just build fitness trackers; you build life-saving technology. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, and from my family, for making a device that truly made the difference when every second counted.

​With profound gratitude,

​Parth Sharma

Gwalior, India

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