Seizure First Aid
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Seizure First Aid Video
This video from the Epilepsy Foundation will help you be prepared to respond to seizures safely and appropriately.
Key Areas of Seizure First Aid
Three key areas of seizure first aid:
Care and Comfort First Aid: General first aid for all seizure types to keep someone safe.
Tailoring First Aid: Specific steps for different seizure types.
Responding to Seizures - Interventions for out of hospital use: First aid steps to help stop or shorten a seizure or prevent an emergency situation. This may involve giving a rescue treatment (often called "as needed" medicine or treatment) that has been recommended by your health care team. The rescue treatments described here can be given by non-medical people who are not in a hospital setting. They are intended for use by anyone (the person with seizures, family member or other observer) who has been trained in their use. These therapies can be given anywhere in the community. A hospital or medical setting is not needed when these are given in the manner described.
Reading what to do is not the same as learning how to do it. Make sure you practice seizure first aid. It is critical that you and anyone who may be with you during a seizure know what to do and how to give these treatments correctly and safely.
Authored by: Steven C. Schachter MD | Patricia O. Shafer RN | MN
Reviewed by: Joseph I. Sirven MD on 2/2014
General Seizure First Aid
Always Stay With the Person Until the Seizure Is Over
Pay Attention to the Length of the Seizure
Stay Calm, Most Seizures Only Last a Few Minutes
Prevent Injury by Moving Nearby Objects Out of the Way
Make the Person as Comfortable as Possible
Keep Onlookers Away
Do Not Forcibly Hold the Person Down
Do Not Put Anything in the Person's Mouth!
Make Sure Their Breathing is Okay
Do not Give Water, Pills, or Food by Mouth Unless the Person is Fully Alert
Call for Emergency Medical Help When
A seizure lasts 5 minutes or longer.
One seizure occurs right after another without the person regaining consciousness or coming to between seizures.
Seizures occur closer together than usual for that person.
Breathing becomes difficult or the person appears to be choking.
The seizure occurs in water.
Injury may have occurred.
The person asks for medical help.
Be Sensitive and Supportive, and Ask Others to Do the Same
Authored by: Steven C. Schachter | MD
Reviewed by: Patricia O. Shafer RN MN on 2/2014
http://www.epilepsy.com/get-help/seizure-first-aid/care-and-comfort-first-aid