what to do if someone has a mini seizure?
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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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['Stay with the person and keep calm.', 'Offer medicine if the person usually takes it during an attack.', "Don't make assumptions about what the person needs. Ask.", 'Speak to the person in short, simple sentences.', 'Be predictable. ... ', "Help slow the person's breathing by breathing with him or her or by counting slowly to 10."]
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Talk to your dog softly to reassure him. Avoid touching him - he may unknowingly bite. Call your vet when the seizure ends. If your dog has a seizure that lasts more than 5 minutes or if he has several in a row while he's unconscious, take him to a vet as soon as possible.
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Talk calmly and reassuringly to the person during and after the seizure; it will help as they recover from the seizure. Remove sharp objects. If you can't move nearby objects or a person is wandering or confused, help steer them clear of dangerous situations. Help them sit down in a safe place.
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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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["Step 1: Shake and shout. Someone having a cardiac arrest will either not be breathing or they won't be breathing normally. ... ", 'Step 2: Call 999. If the person is not breathing or not breathing normally: ... ', 'Step 3: Cover mouth and nose with cloth. ... ', 'Step 4: Give chest compressions. ... ', 'Step 5: Keep going.']
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People who have simple partial seizures do not lose consciousness during the seizure. However, some people, although fully aware of what's going on, find they can't speak or move until the seizure is over. They remain awake and aware throughout. Sometimes they can talk quite normally to other people during the seizure.
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These are general steps to help someone who is having any type seizure: Stay with the person until the seizure ends and he or she is fully awake. After it ends, help the person sit in a safe place. Once they are alert and able to communicate, tell them what happened in very simple terms.
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["Check the person's airway, breathing, and pulse. ... ", 'Loosen any tight clothing.', 'Help the person use any prescribed medicine (such as an asthma inhaler or home oxygen).']
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Someone having a tonic-clonic seizure goes stiff, loses consciousness, falls to the floor and begins to jerk or convulse. They may go blue around the mouth due to irregular breathing. Sometimes they may lose control of their bladder or bowels, and bite their tongue or the inside of their mouth.
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Most seizures end on their own and don't cause serious problems. During some seizures, people can injure themselves, develop other medical problems, or have a life-threatening emergency. The overall risk of dying for people with epilepsy is 1.6 to 3 times higher than for people without epilepsy.
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You should return to consciousness after about 20 seconds. Call emergency services and ask for an ambulance if someone faints and doesn't regain consciousness within two minutes.
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['try to stay calm.', 'gently tell them that they are having a flashback.', 'avoid making any sudden movements.', 'encourage them to breathe slowly and deeply.', 'encourage them to describe their surroundings.']
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Typically, it will look like: the seizure starts suddenly with the person stopping their activity. you will see staring, loss of facial expression and unresponsiveness. sometimes eye blinking or upward eye movements are seen.
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These include vomiting, convulsions, or a decreased level of alertness. If the person breathed in fumes of the lighter fluid, move them to fresh air right away.
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Generalised onset seizures affect both sides of the brain at once and happen without warning. The person will be unconscious (except in myoclonic seizures), even if just for a few seconds and afterwards will not remember what happened during the seizure.
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['Seizure medicines such as phenytoin.', 'Typhoid immunization.']