Day: July 18, 2018

lysikan:

curing-allism:

ishipphanaf:

king-in-yellow:

hopephd:

Seizure First Aid. 

Learn it. Share it. Know it. Use it. 

100% correct medical information on tumblr for once; also consider calling 911 if you don’t know how often the person has seizures and ESPECIALLY if the seizure has lasted 5 minutes or more (which is why the watch is critical)

I have epilepsy so making sure the word is out on how to help people who do have seizures means a lot to me.

My mum’s epileptic, and I do most of this, but I was taught to keep her on her side by holding on to an item of clothing so she doesn’t roll over and choke on her tongue.

Also, epileptic people are usually disoriented when they come back to consciousness, and sometimes don’t know where they are, so it’s a good idea to explain where they are and that they’ve just had a seizure.

My late GF Dani had much seizures (she passed away from a bunch of seizures in a row what stopped her heart for too long). One thing for the post-seizure care – do NOT tell them anythings. Ask questions of their normal life – name, where they is, etc. Dani would often not knowed stuff for many minutes after – sometimes not even knowed who was talking at her. Telling her them things would maked it harder to know when she was back aware.
Ask questions – don’t give the answers. Is important to know when the person is aware again. If is more than about 15 minutes from end of visible seizure and they is still not able to answer right, let the EMT’s take em to hospital.
If nother seizure happens in less than 5 minutes – take em to hospital.
If 3 seizures in a row in less than an hour – take em to hospital.

Is not wanting to be crying 10 years later like I is.