First Aid Guide for Seizures

What To Do:

• Turn individual on side to keep airway clear unless injury exists
• Protect head from injury
• Protect from nearby hazards
• Loosen ties or shirt collars
• Look for medical identification

What Not To Do:

• Don't put anything in the mouth
• Don't try to hold the tongue - it can't be swallowed
• Don't try to give liquids during or just after seizure
• Don't use artificial respiration unless breathing is absent after muscle jerks subside, or unless water has been inhaled
• Don't restrain
• Don't expect verbal instructions to be obeyed

When An Ambulance Should Be Called:

• If the seizure has happened in water
• If there's no medical I.D. and no way of knowing whether the seizure is caused by epilepsy
• If the person is pregnant, injured or diabetic
• If the seizure continues for more than five minutes
• If a second seizure starts shortly after the first has ended
• If consciousness does not start to return after the jerking stops

Announcements

Support group 2012 meeting dates posted. click here for more info.

New Project COPE for parents and teens with epilepsy 2012 schedule ... click here for more information

Click here for EA Annual Reports.

Update list of community resources to help manage epilepsy is now posted.

The Epilepsy Association’s Board of Trustees has adopted a new 3 year strategic plan. Click here to read the plan

Position Openings  --1) Part-time CPST Worker 2) Volunteer coordinator Internship

 

 

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