what to do when someone has an epilepsy attack?
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['Stay calm.', "Look around - is the person in a dangerous place? If not, don't move them. ... ", 'Note the time the seizure starts.', 'Stay with them. ... ', 'Cushion their head with something soft if they have collapsed to the ground.', "Don't hold them down.", "Don't put anything in their mouth.", 'Check the time again.']
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Seizures can happen after a stroke, a closed head injury, an infection such as meningitis or another illness. Many times, though, the cause of a seizure is unknown. Most seizure disorders can be controlled with medication, but management of seizures can still have a significant impact on your daily life.
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The onset of epilepsy is most common in children and older adults, but the condition can occur at any age. Family history. If you have a family history of epilepsy, you may be at an increased risk of developing a seizure disorder. Head injuries.
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['Keep other people out of the way.', 'Clear hard or sharp objects away from the person.', "Don't try to hold her down or stop the movements.", 'Place her on her side, to help keep her airway clear.', 'Look at your watch at the start of the seizure, to time its length.', "Don't put anything in her mouth."]
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Make Sure Their Breathing is Okay During a convulsive or tonic-clonic seizure, it may look like the person has stopped breathing. This happens when the chest muscles tighten during the tonic phase of a seizure. As this part of a seizure ends, the muscles will relax and breathing will resume normally.
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Avoid holding the person down or restricting their movements. Do not put anything in the person's mouth. Do not offer the person food or water until they are fully alert. Do not give mouth-to-mouth breaths or CPR, because people can normally breathe on their own shortly after the seizure ends.
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['Call 911 or emergency medical help.', "Use an epinephrine autoinjector, if available, by pressing it into the person's thigh.", 'Make sure the person is lying down and elevate his or her legs.', "Check the person's pulse and breathing and, if necessary, administer CPR or other first-aid measures."]
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If no other cause can be found, the disease is called primary or idiopathic epilepsy. This problem is often an inherited condition, and Boxers are commonly afflicted. If your friend is prone to seizures, episodes will usually begin between six months and three years of age.
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['keep the person safe from injury or harm, and only move them if they are in danger.', 'if they have fallen, put something soft under their head to protect it.', "allow the seizure to happen, don't restrain or hold them down.", 'stay with them until they have recovered.']
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Missed medicines can trigger seizures in people with both well-controlled and poorly controlled epilepsy. Seizures can happen more often than normal, be more intense or develop into long seizures called status epilepticus. Status epilepticus is a medical emergency and can lead to death if the seizures aren't stopped.
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If you could not turn the person onto her side during the seizure, do so when the seizure has ended and the person is calm. If the person is having trouble breathing, use your finger to gently clear her mouth of any saliva or vomit. If this does not work, call for emergency help.
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["Focal seizures: These start in a particular part of your brain, and their names are based on the part where they happen. They can cause both physical and emotional effects and make you feel, see, or hear things that aren't there. ... ", 'Generalized seizures: These happen when nerve cells on both sides of your brain misfire.']
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['Call emergency services. ... ', "If you're caring for someone else having a stroke, make sure they're in a safe, comfortable position. ... ", "Check to see if they're breathing. ... ", 'Talk in a calm, reassuring manner.', 'Cover them with a blanket to keep them warm.']
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['Protect the patient from injury. Check the immediate area for hazards and remove them if possible. ... ', 'Manage the seizure or convulsion. Stay with the patient until the seizure ends. ... ', 'After the seizure. As soon as the seizure ends, quickly roll the unconscious patient onto their side and open and clear the airway. ... ', 'Aftercare.']
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Before Using the AED After checking the scene and ensuring that the person needs help, you should ask a bystander to call 911 for help, then: 1Turn on the AED and follow the visual and/or audio prompts. 2 Open the person's shirt and wipe his or her bare chest dry.
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Personally I would be headed to the emergency vet after a seizure. If they have another one, 100% go to the emergency vet right away. Seizures are not necessarily life threatening or bad. Most dogs have medication that manages their seizures down to one every few months, one a year, or stops them entirely.
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["Don't panic! ... ", 'Make sure they are not injuring themselves. ... ', 'Turn them on their side. ... ', 'Start timing. ... ', 'Call 911 if it is their first seizure, it occurs for more than 5 minutes or another seizure occurs right after.']