Life-saving dogs

• Authors: Holger Fischer , Claudia Stöllberger , Josef Finsterer
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Dogs can play an important role in their owners’ lives. As well as providing a source of comfort, emotional support, and entertainment, there is now evidence suggesting that dogs may promote their owners’ health. The mechanisms of these beneficial effects, however, are unclear. The important role of dogs in their owners’ medical emergencies is illustrated by two cases of patients admitted to our intensive care unit, in whom untrained domestic dogs saved lives by alerting the family. Companion dogs may react to emergencies of their owners and save lives. Clarifying how dogs perceive medical emergencies might stimulate design of emergency alarm systems.

Keywords

EN

Epilepsy; Sudden cardiac death; Dogs; Ventricular fibrillation; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Medicine
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 327-328

Dates

published

1 - 6 - 2012

online

29 - 3 - 2012

Contributors

author

Holger Fischer

• 2nd Medical Department, Krankenanstalt Rudolfstiftung, Juchgasse 25, 1030, Wien, Österreich

author

Claudia Stöllberger

• 2nd Medical Department, Krankenanstalt Rudolfstiftung, Juchgasse 25, 1030, Wien, Österreich

author

Josef Finsterer

• Krankenanstalt Rudolfstiftung, Juchgasse 25, 1030, Wien, Österreich

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11536-011-0158-2