Seizure Awareness

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Tweek Sep 9, 2011

This morning as I was walking back from the track, I had the not so wonderful event of someone having themselves a seizure right next to me and some of my coworkers. Luckily, we are all proficiently trained in several areas of first aid type care. We kept our cool, prevented the guy from injuring himself further by hitting anything while he was thrashing around, had an ambulance called, and rolled him on his side and cared for him until the ambulance arrived and took him. The guy lived and had regained responsiveness before the ambulance arrived.

The point of this story is, that this event got me thinking. Seizures can happen to anyone at any time, even if they have never had a seizure before in their life. They can be a horrific thing to see, and failure to take action right away could result in much worse outcomes that the one I had today.
Tweek Sep 9, 2011

I encourage everyone to go to the link below, and learn the very simple steps for seizure first aid. It will only take minutes, and may save a life. These are legitimate steps for seizure first aid.

http://www.ehow.com/how_2337849_perform-first-aid-seizures.html
Don Igor Sep 9, 2011

Agreed.
Strokes are also something everyone should look at. The simple tests you can proceed with are so important. The F.A.S.T test. Every minute that passes, the worse condition that stroke person will be in.
dr p Sep 9, 2011

αϻɳεʑ 🍀 wrote:
Agreed.
Strokes are also something everyone should look at. The simple tests you can proceed with are so important. The F.A.S.T test. Every minute that passes, the worse condition that stroke person will be in.

FAST is very useful but you need to get the person to hospital within 4 hours of the onset of symptoms
 mama tek Sep 9, 2011

nice thread tweek. I just read a friend's Facebook status that was like "goddamn seizures, that made everyone's morning at the grocery store a little more interesting..." but yeah. I wouldn't know wtf to do.
🐑Turf💔Warrior🐑 Sep 9, 2011

I haven't witnessed one yet but my sister suffers from random seizures and blackouts. Her and my bro in law just moved home from NYC so she could be close to home again.

Never seen a human have a seizure but my dog has them a few times a year. Such a sick feeling when it happens.
Kearn Sep 9, 2011

I was at a pride once with my friends having a drink when my friend suddenly fell back and started having a fit, he never told us he was epileptic, but lucky for him at that exact moment two off duty nurses where walking past and came to our aid, which was lucky for him as we didn't have a clue and were quite drunk, moral of this story if you are prone to seizures you should make your friends aware of this so they can do the necessary reading incase you have a fit infront of
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Mystery Sep 10, 2011

A couple of my family members have had them in the past. I witnessed several & cared for them during & afterwards, although not much actual care is required. Basically it was just making sure they didn't injure themselves & then calling an ambulance or making sure they went to the hospital afterwards (since they weren't previously diagnosed with any conditions that caused seizures).
Buffy Sep 10, 2011

I have a cousin with epileps. It's very scary to watch someone have a seizure.
III TROJAN III Sep 10, 2011

I have seen about 20 seizures in the last year, I would class myself as experienced when it comes to that kinda thing.
III TROJAN III Sep 10, 2011

I've done everything from picking someone up in the middle of a seizure so they wouldn't hurt themselves, recovery position so they don't choke on their tongues to dressing and cleaning them afterwards as they are in a oblivious state to do it themselves for a while. It's a scary thing to watch at first but as soon as you get use go it, it become second nature to respone reasonably.