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Service dogs come in every shape and size, each trained for specific tasks to assist their handler. Some can help reach for things, open doors, get medications, or warn of a pending seizure. When service dogs are “off duty,” they are still aware of their handler and remain alert. While playing with her service dog, Libbi was recording the moment. Suddenly, Sparrow began acting odd, then went into her service dog alert mode, warning Libbi of a pending fainting episode. @servicedog.sparrow *GENUINE ALERT CAPTURED REAL TIME* I was filming my (service) dog playing like a puppy then she suddenly stops about 5 minutes in and starts acting strange! I tried to get her to keep playing but she refused, she knew something was wrong. Turns out I was heading into pre-syncope which often results in long episodes or fainting if I don’t realise or do something quickly enough (sometimes its not possible either). Sparrow is my #servicedog and is trained to respond to tiny changes in my body chemistry (detected by scent) and little behavioural cues/physiological changes and either *alert* me ahead of time (like she did here) or *respond* if I go into a pre-syncopal episode to help mitigate the worst of the symptoms (retrieve water, medication, keep me “with it”) or assist if I pass out (bring me round, get help from my partner, calm me down as I come round until I’m ok to get up). What is Pre-Syncope? #Syncope itself refers to passing out/fainting. So #presyncope is by definition “before fainting”, i.e. the feeling of when you’re about to faint. But with some medical conditions, it can happen on it’s own without fully losing consciousness and can last long periods of time. Symptoms include: • Nausea/vomiting • Blurred/tunnel vision (or lost) • Tremor/shaking • Clamminess/sweating • Legs buckling, weakness • Palpitations and heart racing • Ears ringing/hearing muffled (or lost) • Dizziness/lightheadedness • Feeling hot and cold simultaneously And many more. It can come on slowly or ridiculously fast, and occur without warning or in response to a trigger like heat, standing still, infection, humidity. In short, its HORRIBLE. Like the worst travel sickness combined with the stomach flu. #Fainting or #passingout can actually be a relief during pre-syncope. #DysautonomiaAwareness #NeurocardiogenicSyncope #VasovagalSyncope #PresyncopeAttack #ServiceDog #ServiceDogsPlayToo #servicedogtasking #Servicedogalert #itsmeimtheproblem #hiitsmeimtheproblem #ServiceDogSparrow #AssistanceDog #AssistancedogTask ♬ Oh No – Kreepa Sparrow is a golden retriever. She was trained as a service dog to alert to presyncope, or “before fainting.” Libbi has medical conditions that cause her to faint. When Sparrow senses an episode coming on, she gives Libbi an alert sign. This allows Libbi to sit on the floor and take steps to try to avoid fainting. If she can’t prevent fainting, Sparrow will stay with her until she regains consciousness. Sparrow’s training allows her to notice and respond to Libbi’s body chemistry changes and some physiological and behavioral cues. The service dog can smell subtle changes in Libbi’s scent or see behavioral cues such as foot tapping or thigh rubbing. Sparrow can retrieve medication and water and help keep Libbi aware through interaction. She will also notify Libbi’s partner if they’re available. Image from TikTok. Having a service dog means that Libbi can have a more normal life without as much worry. Sparrow is always “on duty,” even in play mode. If you see a service dog in public, please do not attempt to interact with the animal unless invited by the handler. The handler isn’t being mean, but their dog needs to stay aware in case of a health emergency. If you enjoyed this, please share. You can find the source of this story’s featured image here. The post “Watch My Service Dog Stop Mid Play To Alert To An Oncoming Medical Episode” appeared first on InspireMore.

14 years ago today, Turkish-American Erden Eruç became the first person to perform a human-powered circumnavigation of the world, in a journey of 41,000 miles and over 5 years. The trip crossed the equator twice and all lines of longitude, and passed over twelve pairs of antipodal points, meeting all the requirements for a true […] The post Good News in History, July 21 appeared first on Good News Network.

The internet has, let’s face it, spoiled us all. Time was, if you wanted to know something like “what does a puma taste like?”, you’d have to hop on a ship bound for the jungles of South America, hunt one down, and eat it yourself. These days, it takes literally fractions of a second: you type the question into Google, hit search, and boom! There’s your answer.It’s nothing less than a technological miracle – but it comes with a terrible downside. Namely: that feeling of utter helplessness and desolation that only comes from searching for something and discovering – dramatic chord progression please – you’re offline.Faced with that little pixelated dinosaur, what else can you do but cry and… play a fun little mini-game while you wait for your Wi-Fi to come back online?Yep. If you use the Chrome browser, chances are you’ve seen the apologetic little dinosaur pop up when the internet is down. But if you thought it was just a static image – as, if the comments under a recent viral TikTok video seem to suggest, many of you did – you’ve been missing out on a decade’s worth of Dinosaur Game.“The idea of ‘an endless runner’ as an easter egg within the ‘you-are-offline’ page was born in early 2014,” recalled Sebastien Gabriel, a designer at Google and part of the team who originally created the Dinosaur Game, in a 2018 interview for the Google blog. “It’s a play on going back to the ‘prehistoric age’ when you had no WiFi,” he explained. “The cacti and desert setting were part of the first iteration of the ‘you-are-offline’ page, while the visual style is a nod to our tradition of pixel-art style in Chrome’s error illustrations.”The game is very simple: you can only run, duck, and jump, and the goal is to avoid as many cacti and pterodactyls as possible. Eventually, day turns to night; play it long enough, and your dino friend grabs a coat and a coffee as they leave the desert for the city.In fact, the dinosaur has gone through many such themes over the years. For Chrome’s tenth birthday in 2018, players of Dinosaur Game would find a birthday cake in the desert – eating it would pop a party hat on the dino’s head. During the 2020 Olympics, you could find an Olympic torch, and the normal obstacles would be replaced with Olympic-themed challenges.While it appears that many people weren’t aware of Dinosaur Game, it’s par for the course from a company renowned for its Easter eggs. The game in particular has proven very popular among veteran Chrome users: in 2018, for example, Google revealed that the game was being played around 270 million times every month on laptop and mobile platforms. “Not surprisingly, most users come from markets with unreliable or expensive mobile data, like India, Brazil, Mexico, or Indonesia,” noted Chrome UX engineer Edward Jung, who also helped create the game. “It also got to the point where we had to give enterprise admins a way to disable the game,” he added, “because school kids – and even adults who were supposed to be working – really got into it.”The good news is that, if you want to play, you don’t need to resort to cutting off your internet connection. “We also created the chrome://dino URL, where folks can play the game without going offline,” Gabriel said. “The page offers an “arcade mode” so players can train for the best results in a full-window experience.”Which just leaves the question: can the game be beaten? And the answer is… yes. Kind of.“We built [the game] to max out at approximately 17 million years, the same amount of time that the T-rex was alive on Earth,” Jung told Google. So, yes, it’s technically beatable, he agreed – “but we feel like your spacebar may not be the same afterwards.”

South Korea said Sunday it was bolstering its anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts across the tense border with rival North Korea, after the North launched more balloons likely carrying trash toward South Korea.The Cold War-style psychological battle between the two Koreas...

Command module pilot Michael Collins took this iconic Apollo 11 photo 55 years ago today, after his historic trip around the far side of the moon made him "the world's loneliest man".