What do I do if I see someone having a seizure?

What do I do if I see someone having a seizure?

The goals of first aid for a seizure are to allow the seizure to finish on it’s own, call for medical assistance if it does not, and help keep the person as safe as possible until it stops. You should lead the person away from dangerous items such as stoves and machinery, help them to the floor so they do not fall, roll them to their side (in case they vomit) and loosen any tight clothing (such as neckties). Most seizures stop on their own in less than 2 minutes. If a seizure lasts more than 5 minutes, it is less likely to stop on its own and medical assistance (e.g. the EMTs) should be called. After a seizure, the person may be confused. Try to talk to them in a calming voice, but do not try to restrain them unless they approach dangerous equipment — it is usually best to just let them "walk it off."

Famous Epileptics

-Vincent van Gogh
Dutch painter
-G. Julius Caesar
Roman Statesman
-Gustave Flaubert
French Writer
-F.M. Dostoyevsky
Russian Writer
-Saint Paul
Apostle
-Heracles
Greek Hero
-Napoleon Bonaparte
French Emperor
-Arch Duke Charles
Austrian Warlord
-Pius IX.
Pope
-Ludwig II.
Duke of Württemberg
-Alfred Nobel
Swedish Chemist
-Lord Byron
English Poet
-Alexander the Great
Macedonian King
-Hermann von Helmholtz
German Physicist
-Joan of Arc
French Saint
-Molière
French Playwright
-Karl V.
Austrian Emperor
-Rudi Dutschke
German Student Leader
-Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Russian Revolutionist
-Socrates
Greek Philosopher
-Cardinal Richelieu
French Statesman
-Margaux Hemingway
American Actress

Colors!

Most epileptics cannot predict or forsee when they are going to have an epileptic seizure. But my sister is a little bit different. When Katie is going to have a seizure she says she sees colors. Just flashes and bright blobs of colors. Nothing concrete. Every once and awhile she may see a cartoon character but that is very rare and that is never a good sign. This is because the two times she has done that she has had grand maul seizures which are the worst you can get and has been hospitalized for a minimum of a week.

Medications

My sister Kathleen is an epileptic and was diagnosed when she had a Grand Maul seizure when she was in the first grade. She is thirteen now and has been on two different medications. The first they had her on was Trileptal. This was a pill she took every twelve hours as partial relief for her seizures. Then when was was within 2 weeks of being able to lower her medicine dose she had another seizure. This happened three times. After this they decided her body was becomming immune to Trileptal so they switched her to Topamax. Where as Trileptal was a drug to help control partial seizures Topamax is an antiseizure medicine. This she takes in smaller doses but she takes this one three times a day. Though she has not had a seizure since she started this medication about a year ago, this pass weekend seh did pass out do to a reaction between her medicine and her blood sugar when she decided not to eat lunch for three days. Other than that she has had no trouble with the medicine. The final medication that has been used is when we were in the hospital and she started seizing they administered a drug called Diastat. Diastat is a rectal administration medication. Used for when a epileptic experiences cluster seizures (many short seizures following each other closely) for prolonged seizures. Diastat works to stop seizure activity by acting on brain cell interactions that inhibit the seizure discharges. Diastat is rapidly absorbed from the lining of the rectum and quickly achieves therapeutic levels in the serum.

Driving

epileptics don't always receive the same privileges that everyday people do. Driving for example is something that in some cases epileptics are denied. At least until their seizures are what doctors consider under control. Which varies from year to year, doctor to doctor, and state to state. This is because the chance of an epileptic having a seizure behind the wheel is a public health risk because there is no way to stop it and MOST epileptics cannot predict or for see when and seizure is coming their way.