The first aid management for someone having a seizure is to first call 911 and summon medical help if the seizure is severe enough.
Seizures do not usually require emergency medical attention.
Only call 911 if one or more of these are true: The person has never had a seizure before.
The person has difficulty breathing or waking after the seizure.
A seizure is considered an emergency when it lasts a long time or when seizures occur close together and the person doesn't recover between seizures.
Just like there are different types of seizures, there are also different types of emergencies.
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.
Paramedics will give the patient some seizure medication which is usually through an IV.
Intravenous or intramuscular formulations of lorazepam, diazepam, midazolam, and clonazepam are typically used as the initial treatment agents in seizure emergencies.
When you call for paramedics the paramedics when they arrive and start working on the patient will usually give the person have a seizure some medications to stop the seizure then they will likely take the person to the hospital and may also give the patient some oxygen.
Paramedics have medications that can stop seizures, but the best way to give the medicines is not known.
Paramedics often give medicine directly into a vein, which is called intravenous (IV) administration.
This works well, but can be hard to do in a person who is seizing.
Oxygen is usually sometimes given after a seizure when needed.
You should administer oxygen via non-rebreather mask at 12-15 liters per minute to any patient who is actively seizing or is postictal, regardless of their pulse-ox reading, to help with the increased metabolic demands of the brain for oxygen.
It is normal for someone to stop breathing during a seizure and as long as the breathing only stops for a period of 30 to 45 seconds it's nothing to worry about and requires no CPR unless the breathing does not begin within 45 seconds.
During the tonic phase of the seizure, the person having a seizure may temporarily stop breathing and their face may become dusky or blue, especially around the mouth.
This period is usually brief (usually no more than 30 to 45 seconds) and does not require CPR.
Seizures are a sudden, uncontrolled electrical disturbance in the brain.
Having a seizure can cause changes in your behavior, movements or feelings, and in levels of consciousness.
And having two or more seizures at least 24 hours apart that aren't brought on by an identifiable cause is generally considered to be epilepsy.
The condition of epilepsy is a disorder in which a persons nerve cell activity in the brain is disturbed, causing seizures.
Epilepsy may occur as a result of a genetic disorder or an acquired brain injury, such as a trauma or stroke.
During a seizure, a person experiences abnormal behavior, symptoms, and sensations, sometimes including loss of consciousness. There are few symptoms between seizures.
Epilepsy is usually treated by medications and in some cases by surgery, devices, or dietary changes.
Anything that interrupts the normal connections between nerve cells in the brain can cause a seizure.
This includes a high fever, high or low blood sugar, alcohol or drug withdrawal, or a brain concussion.
But when a person has 2 or more seizures with no known cause, this is diagnosed as epilepsy.
Epilepsy is a common long-term brain condition.
It causes seizures, which are bursts of electricity in the brain.
There are four main types of epilepsy: focal, generalized, combination focal and generalized, and unknown.