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Anjuman-e-Asghari Medical News
Tuesday  Feb 19 2013
Vol. 2 Issue 7
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FIRST AID IX:  SEIZURES
 

First aid for seizures involves responding in ways that can keep the person safe until the seizure stops by itself. Here are a few things you can do to help someone who is having a generalized tonic-clonic (grand mal) seizure:

  • Keep calm and reassure other people who may be nearby.
  • Prevent injury by clearing the area around the person of anything hard or sharp.
  • Ease the person to the floor and put something soft and flat, like a folded jacket, under his head.
  • Remove eyeglasses and loosen ties or anything around the neck that may make breathing difficult.
  • Time the seizure with your watch. If the seizure continues for longer than five minutes without signs of slowing down or if a person has trouble breathing afterwards, appears to be injured, in pain, or recovery is unusual in some way, call 911.
  • Do not hold the person down or try to stop his movements.
  • Contrary to popular belief, it is not true that a person having a seizure can swallow his tongue. Do not put anything in the person's mouth. Efforts to hold the tongue down can injure the teeth or jaw.
  • Turn the person gently onto one side. Preferably on the right side in recovery position. This will help keep the airway clear..
     

    Coma Position 

(Recovery position)

  • Don't attempt artificial respiration except in the unlikely event that a person does not start breathing again after the seizure has stopped.
  • Stay with the person until the seizure ends naturally and he is fully awake.
  • Do not offer the person water or food until fully alert
  • Be friendly and reassuring as consciousness returns.
  • Offer to call a taxi, friend or relative to help the person get home if he seems confused or unable to get home without help.

Here are a few things you can do to help someone who is having a seizure that appears as blank staring, loss of awareness, and/or involuntary blinking, chewing, or other facial movements.

  • Stay calm and speak reassuringly.
  • Guide him away from dangers.
  • Block access to hazards, but don't restrain the person.
  • If he is agitated, stay a distance away, but close enough to protect him until full awareness has returned.

Consider a seizure an emergency and call 911 if any of the following occurs:

  • The seizure lasts longer than five minutes without signs of slowing down or if a person has trouble breathing afterwards, appears to be in pain or recovery is unusual in some way.
  • The person has another seizure soon after the first one.
  • The person cannot be awakened after the seizure activity has stopped.
  • The person became injured during the seizure.
  • The person becomes aggressive.
  • The seizure occurs in water.
  • The person has a health condition like diabetes or heart disease or is pregnant.

 

Modified from www.cdc.gov/epilepsy/basics/first_aid.htm 

 

Medical Committee
Anjuman-e-Asghari 2012

 

These names are for your information only please do not contact them in medical Emergency Call 911 or your doctor or your Clinic.

 

If you have a medical problem to discuss please email female or male doctor and you will be contacted.

 

Ansar Ahmed MD. MRCP (UK): Neurologist 

ansarahmed@comcast.net

Home: 763-478-6406

Cell: 612-207-3043

 

Fatima Jaffer: BS, RN, CNP: Registered Nurse, Certified Nurse Practitioner-Pediatrics

fsjaffer@yahoo.com

Cell: 612-385-4191 

 

Amir Monzavi OD: Doctor of Optometry

a.monzavi@yahoo.com

Cell: 612 483-1691

 

Abdulhussein Nathani: MD Hospitalist

amnathani@comcast.net

Home: 763-550-2955

Cell: 763-300-9677

 

Zahra A Nathani: MHA (Master of Health Administration)

zahara.nathani@gmail.com

Home: 763-550-2955

Cell: 763-300-9089

 

Shabnam Sabur: BS, RN: Registered Nurse

stsabur@gmail.com

Home: 763-780-5411

Cell: 763-300-1075

 

Mohamed Remtulla

mremtula@comcast.net

Home: 763-535-7006

Cell: 763-226-0528