A medical emergency behind the wheel is terrifying because every second suddenly feels bigger.You are trying to stay calm, stay safe and get help before things spiral.That is why John Brandt's story is getting so much attention.
His Tesla Model Y helped keep him moving during a heart attack, while his son used the Tesla app to reroute the car to a nearby emergency room.The bigger takeaway isn’t that your car can replace 911.It cannot.
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when severe chest pain made it unsafe for him to keep driving on his own.His Model Y had Full Self-Driving Supervised enabled, which helped keep the car on course while he called his son, Jack.Jack then acted from his own phone.
Because he was an authorized driver on his father's Tesla account, he could send a new destination to the vehicle through the Tesla app.He found Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton, Georgia and rerouted the car there.He also called ahead, so emergency room staff knew a possible heart attack patient was coming.
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