Reflex death

As Reflextod (also called "Vagustod"; English vagus death ) is a fatal cardiac arrest Denoted by excessive stimulation of the vagus nerve occurs. Mostly external influences trigger the excessive irritation. This in turn can reflexively cause cardiac arrest ( reflexogenic cardiac arrest ).

Reflex death can occur, for example, when immersed in water with a temperature of <4 ° C.

Individual evidence

^ Günther F. Clauss, André Kauffeldt, Nils Otten: OMAE2009 - AGaPaS: Autonomous Galileo-Supported Rescue Vessel for Persons Overboard . In: ASME 2009 28th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering . tape 4 , Part A, 2009, ISBN 978-0-7918-4344-4 , doi : 10.1115 / OMAE2009-79384 .

[1] Günther F. Clauss, André Kauffeldt, Nils Otten: OMAE2009 - AGaPaS: Autonomous Galileo-Supported Rescue Vessel for Persons Overboard . In: ASME 2009 28th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering . tape 4 , Part A, 2009, ISBN 978-0-7918-4344-4 , doi : 10.1115 / OMAE2009-79384 .