Seizure Response Dog Highlight: Aaron's Story
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- Опубліковано 24 сер 2024
- Aaron has lived with a seizure disorder since 1993. Through the years, his seizures have grown more frequent and sometimes require EMS intervention. On 3 separate occasions, the paramedics had to revive Aaron after a seizure. Since bringing Dexter, a Seizure Response Dog into their home, his wife describes the change as "bringing peace and a blessing."
Now, they are pioneering the way with Seizure awareness and working together to train local Emergency Medical Services on Service Dog handling in emergency situations. Check out their video, to see their story.
To learn more about our Seizure Response Dogs please visit www.sdwr.org/service-dogs/seizure/
SDWR is also offering Service Dog training to EMS stations around the USA. To inquire please visit- www.sdwr.org/ems/
My husband Richard has a seizure disorder also.
I really need this for Richard !!
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Excellent video
I have epilepsy but not a service dog I hope I will get one
you can owner train one, i have owner trained 2 in (Australia DDA) and uk federal law is the (ADA.GOV) there are a lot of people who owner train there dogs some go with a program with there dogs while other just fully owner train without a program
My tonic clonic seizures have ruined my life and the medication makes me a very sad person (Keppra) 1000mg a day. Peace and confidence is something I long for. Work and bills and having my license taken from me is making it feel almost impossible. They aren’t frequent but my life feels abnormal. I know I’m lucky for what I have but there’s a void I can’t seem to fill. Waking up with no memory of what happened then and the few days before with sore muscles and fractured bones and a taste in the mouth that is inexplicable on a hospital bed with a bright light in my face while 6 unknown people (doctors) are trying to restrain and hold me down. I’m stacked with hospital bills and I have no one to really count on.
Nice! Keep it up!
Would Dexter fetch a medication or a phone in public in addition to stimulating Aaron? Or would that task only be done at home?
With a 911 device would Dexter activate it only at home or would you wear it in public around your neck or wrist?
There are wrist bands that detect a fall, it can also be used by the person pressing a button. An emergency service is called that clarifies what the emergency is and sends proper help to the location and all Emergency contacts listed get a message.
Most are for home use only (Elderly people that don't leave their house unsupervised), but there are newer systems that are mobile and connect to your phone.
You could probably teach a dog to trigger it, but it could potentially dammage the device, they might not get it every time (could be too difficult to reach depending on the situation) and it could injure the person or be dangerous to the dog.
If it's attached to a mobility aid that could work or the dogs vest (for outside) there are home devices that are more stationary with larger buttons (they would probobly use a dog friendly emergency phone for the home only)
- this is really situational and if the fall is the greatest concern and you go outside, the device should do the trick on it's own. It depends on your priority, some other tasks might be more helpful for your dog to perform.
- Outside the house dogs could alrt passengers by barking and inside family members
That might be of interest:
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2017/06/21/health/service-dog-technology-profile
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So mainly Dexter's job is to stimulate Aaron during a seizure and fetch Aaron's medication or phone?
@@kasieream1248I am not answering for them. What a service dog is trained to do, depends on the handlers needs and on what the dog can do.
Dogs can absolutely activate 911 devices. I think they will probably use a home device, that Dexter can activate, there are vests for service dogs that a dog can call emergency services with as well. You could look that up.
It seems like the most important task Dexter is performing at the moment is being there for Aaron, that gives him a sense of security back.
They shouldn't be loaded with hard tasks, where they have to make many decisions, but they can learn a lot.
Even if you are not looking to get one for yourself, this is an interesting topic to research.
How do they happen? That is sooo so scary should one b worried? Everyone says that it’s not genetic
I'm epileptic and a volunteer for the epilepsy foundation. Epilepsy is defined by 2 or more seizures similar in pattern for no reason. Someone with epilepsy has a focus or a cluster of cells in the brain that fire when they shouldn't. A seizure can happen to anyone. It's when there's a brain disturbance causing cells to fire when they shouldn't and where in the brain it happens determines what will happen to the person. There are about 40 types of seizures
Worry won't help, I suggest you look into different presentations and how to help. There are epileptic and nonepileptic seizures that can look simmilar at first. Babys and young children 6 months to 6 years old can have seizures as a result of infections with a fever. If that happens they have an elevated risk of developing Epilepsy.
Epileptic seizures are caused by abnormal bursts of electricity in the brain, they can be triggered, but in many cases the cause is unknown. There are many conditions, also genetic ones where seizures are more common or a symptom. Usually the genetic Syndromes have very specific presentations and dates of onset, so they often get caught in childhood.
If there isn't any abnormal electric activity in the Brain (seen on an EEG) the seizure is non epileptic, but can also be debilitating. They can be caused by psychological stress or other physical conditions. Sadly those are poorly understood, but not uncommon.
There are of course risk factors, you can look into those and if you are concerned about them, ask your doctor.
The best you can do is to learn about seizure first aid and maybe encourage the people in your life to look into it too, to ease your concern and help others :)