How to Treat Someone Having a Seizure | First Aid Training

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So what do you do if you find someone who is having a seizure? Number one, you want to stay calm. Assess the area, make sure there isn't anything that can cause injury to the person while they are having a seizure. You want to pay attention to the length of the seizure. You want to clear onlookers away, you don't want to clutter up the area with people looking and ogling and gawking, you have to be sensitive to the person who is having the seizure as well. Don't put anything in the person's mouth. I know that's an old wives tale to put a spoon or a wallet in their mouth. They will not swallow their tongue. You just need to ride out the seizure, you don't need to put anything in their mouth, it can cause more damage to stick something in there. You don't need to hold the person down, that can also cause more damage if you're fighting against them while they are shaking. Afterwords, you want to put them in the recovery position. Roll them over to their side, that way if they start to vomit, or any kind of saliva, or any kind of fluids come out it will fall and they won't choke. So once they've recovered you want to help them up, get them to a safe place, it may take them a while to fully get back to their normal self. If the seizure lasts for more than five minutes you want to call 911. If the person suffering the seizure is pregnant or diabetic you want to call 911. If it happens after a head blow, or after ingesting any poison or chemical you want to call 911. If the person has another seizure withing 24 hours call 911. If the person is epileptic and has seizures often they will wear a bracelet that says epileptic, this is part of their normal life. Be supportive, help them as much as you can and be reassuring.

[@WintaTime]

my father had one while asleep and that was the longest and scariest few minutes of my life, i had never seen one happen, luckily i did everything right, very helpful video.

[@G4merFre4ks]

Yesterday my friend had a real one and i felt so worthless because i couldn't help

[@yellow.5oh]

This really helps me, my brother and cousin are both epileptic

[@1958ENTERPRISE]

Whilst the casualty is having the seizure you should either hold the head or place something soft under the head to prevent further injury. DO NOT hold the head rigid but rather move with the casualty. Once they come out of the seizure do your Primary Survey, (DRAB - Danger, Response, Airway, Breathing, to establish if the casualty is breathing or not. Do a head to toe, Secondary Survey to establish other injures and IF they are breathing place in the recovery position, injuries permitting,

[@dreidrei7392]

I get Grand Mal Seizures, & I watch this video about every once a year. You know what you are talking about, & are teaching some people who don't know just yet. Thank you.

[@Wrongrealities]

I've had every kind of seizure a person can have and I'm not epileptic, I don't do drugs or take random chemicals lol. I have a seizure condition that was caused by spinal meningitis leaving scars on my brain. The advice here is spot on, but you need to know that not every seizure begins or ends with shaking. Most of my seizures don't have any shaking at all. I have walked into traffic, driven on the wrong side of the road (when i was still driving) and had conversations with unknowing people.

[@thejoshsings9280]

I have grand maul siezures. Sometimes they last for 30 seconds to about a minute. The last seizure I had was on November 19th of last year just before thanksgiving. I hadn’t had a seizure since 2012. And i had gone a long time without having a seizure. It turned out I also had a UTI. I had gotten to the gym and just barely made it into the door

[@kevincook1356]

You do have epilepsy. After 2 seizures, you would be diagnosed of having it, regardless of the cause. I also have epilepsy, caused by meningitis. 😮

[@theworldofthestrangethings7599]

I had epileptic seizures they're the worst

[@alexandraparrish4793]

My 5 year old baby boy had one 2 nights ago. I never knew about what to do but everything you explained I did without hesitation. The scariest time of my life. He stopped breathing. He came to about 4 minutes later then went back to having another one. 😢 We spent 3 nights in the emergency room. He had another one while we were there

[@nickbeam5432]

You put them on there side immediately first thing, and yes do not hold them down it will throw them in to another seizure, your correct about the crowding around them, do not do this, it scares them when they come back and see a mob. One most important part, help them move when there ready, when you do this it brings them out of the seizure much faster, but let them decide when to do the moving, not you. And i can tell you in there heart they always will remember that person who helped them that day, no matter who it was. Grand Ma seizure can be deadly with no uncertain terms. I KNOW!!!

[@bluecreeper6161]

Thank you for this info, my gf is epileptic and she has seizures so this is very helpful, again thank you

[@SuperKarlita20]

I didn't need to call 911 I saved my best friend life

[@bryanmiller7857]

Karla Duran I had my first one yesterdayRight in front of my wife and she said they’re laughingLike I was faking it

[@Okalani5000]

I just made a friend who has Epilepsy, this was very helpful advice.

[@Marcus_Halberstram]

If the seizure lasts longer than 4-5 minutes, call emergency. That's a 'status epilepticus' which is life threatening.

[@kevindiaz7297]

A kid in my middle school (different class and grade and I dont know who he/she is) had a seizure. I heard that he/she fell on the ground face first , and busted their mouth wide open .This made me think about what would happen if the same situation happened to my friends , so I came here .

[@Hi-RHES]

I was just outside the Mall (where I work). A friend and I were talking to a girl who works at another store - we were outside talking to her,. She's a smaller girl, maybe 5'3...and she seemed just fine.....then and after a minute of normal conversation, she stood up and sort of walked/wandered around us with a glazed look in her eyes. I have fainted before, and noticed something wasn't right. I was expecting her to faint or fall over...and surely, she did. I caught her, and her head did not hit the concrete. She then began to have a seizure as I held her in my arms for about a minute. At first I was scared and trying to think of what exactly was best to do. I knew not to put anything in her mouth, and I knew to put her on her side so she didn't choke. She came to about 2 minutes later after the seizing slowed down and she vomitted a little. When she looked at me I just kept tell her "It's okay, you're safe, everything is okay....relax..." -I know the feeling of "coming to" after fainting - there is a moment of panic as relaity snaps back into place.....you dont quite know where you are, who is with you, or what's happening... We asked her if she knew where she was at, or if she remembered what happened - she didn't. My friend called 911 just after she fell over....when they arrived 3 min later (very fast), they also asked if she knew where she was....and she didn't. It was unexpected, and scary - but really my friend and I were just in the right place at the right time. Now I'm searching online to see if what I did was proper.... I keep wondering....what if I wasn't there? What if she hit her head on the concrete when she fell? What if she was face down on the concrete having the seizure and no one was around? I can't help but feel things could have been much worse.

[@tgfftw8743]

cool story. you saved her bro

[@WintaTime]

well done

[@idkwt2use]

maybe you saved her life. at the very least you saved her from a possible serious injury (banging her head onto concrete)

[@Hi-RHES]

Peace Thanks. The urge to catch her came from my experience with fainting. She just had that look like she was 'about' to be unconscious. She learned that day after going to the hospital that she is mildly epileptic..and now takes medicine for it. She came and took time a few days later to thank me.. Feels good to help someone.

[@WintaTime]

R Hes thats good, glad it didn't turn out to be worse than mild epilepsy, although, that itself is pretty scary. I recently experienced witnessing a seizure happen to a loved one, they had MRI done after that and doctors found a small tumor, lucky it wasn't cancerous, they are going to get it removed soon, it's a scary experience witnessing someone go through a seizure.. sad all these things happen to people. anyways you did well

[@nataliemarie1148]

Great video, quick and to the point I like it

[@VickiBee]

Watching to see what else they do and then describing it for paramedics isn't "doing nothing." In fact it's doing way MORE than one of our trauma nurses did when this patient was having multiple seizures and just bc they didn't look like what she was used to seeing she said "She's not having a seizure, that's bs" and walked away. An MRI showed that the patient in question has a cavernous hemangioma on her brain, and seizures are the main symptom of a cavernoma. Some people aren't fit to take care of a pet rock, much less real people.

[@SarafinaSummers]

Yep. Story of my life.

[@nataliem.2651]

This is stuff I should have been taught in school. This stuff happens every day.

[@reycantu1179]

Thanks for the video the dude I work with has seizures I just want to make sure I know what to do when this happens great video

[@theworldofthestrangethings7599]

I'm 19 years old and had Epilepsy that caused seizures I'm so lucky that my mom was always there for me whenever it happens, it always happens to me when i'm sleeping

[@nirajanpradhan5416]

Very informative

[@JosueDeerFox]

I have a question. They say call 911 but what makes me not able to help them in that current time? Why do they not suggest more tips to help with the patient?

[@kayell1010]

No, do not call 911 as the video says. Only if the seizures last more than 5 hours or if they bash their head or if they have had more than one in 24 hours. There really are not a lot of tips to give. You just have to let them have their seizure, roll them on their side, and let them rest. If they are on concrete, put something soft under their head if you can.

[@saiyanpride1212]

My brother had seizure so I am watching this so that I can do it for safety

[@Jade-oi8lg]

We are taught what to do if someone is having a heart attack or an asthma attack in my school. However seizures? They don't bother. Even though it's the easiest to explain and carry out.

[@TavgaHawramy]

cool advise , thanks

[@michaelwood2205]

Thank you so much for these videos :)

[@autumnspring6624]

There is such a thing that could happen refered to as "swallowing of the tongue" where the tongue gets lodged and blocks the airway. Can be difficult to dislodge it. I wonder if putting someone on their side would help prevent it...

[@bethanymccutcheon1722]

It is physically impossible to swallow your tongue - try it - you can't. The tongue can block the airway but if the person is seizing they are breathing - you can't move that much with no oxygen. If they stop seizing and they are not breathing start CPR and call for an ambulance.

[@kevincook1356]

You can actually be seizing and NOT breathing. Tonic spams force air out of the lungs. 😮

[@SpongeySpace]

I was just ice skating and some kid fell and had a seizure, poor kid was bleeding everywhere too...

[@mohammadabusaada1977]

So that's all?! Just call 911? Ooh really really thx, that was a very big effort.

[@HazelCinderella]

i thought i was going to see someone have a seizure and them show us how to treat it.

[@charliebaker966]

I'm autistic and have seizures quite often but because I have a card saying autistic I don't have a bracelet is this bad

[@kamdaddypurp3341]

I have multiple usually lol dropped at work the other day tried telling the boss it was coming on and dropped in front of his door

[@biggieshaft4079]

I loved hearing her lips smacking in the microphone the entire time

[@the_classy_crackhead]

Make sure you also hold their head

[@JacobHicksTheBoss05]

0.51 thats not the recovery position

[@khasoumi1448]

I thought you need to secure head first because most patients with seizure dies from headbang not from anything else

[@jennic9076]

I am Epileptic. I feel I have to make a point about the "No spoon in mouth" thing. I Totally agree with it though personally I would be more concerned about damaging teeth. But nothing in mouth is ideal either. I have chipped broken and cracked lots of teeth during seizures simply through snapping or grinding teeth. However something that not rigid is fantastic! The corner of a paperback book, the folded edge of a towel or blanket. It puts something between your teeth so you cannot damage them, but it not rigid so you bite through it like you would a ruler etc.

[@pearldesai3017]

I'm epileptic but no-one calls 911 when i have seizures coz its not much a big deal in my family....

[@SarafinaSummers]

I personally died laughing at the five minutes bit. Mine can go on for hours.

[@sosi122407]

I got scared if my baby sister had a seizure, so i watched this video to be prepared..

[@billubakra007]

How can we move a person to his or her side while the convulsions? I mean that can cause injury. Most of the people are saying to move during convulsions and not after.

[@June-rb1nx]

you need to WAIT until the seizure /convulsion is over....if the person is having a grand mal seizure, it's pretty hard to try to move them during the seizure. The reason for putting them on their side is to let the saliva in their mouth run out after you have put them on their side.

[@Widdekuu91]

+June Not just saliva, laying them in recovery-position keeps the airway free, the tongue will not block the airway, any vomiting that might happen, will not be ón them and the placement of the head is 'perfect' for vomiting without too much trouble (a.k.a. choking) and overall it's just the safest position.

[@kevincook1356]

The recovery position can be done during or after a seizure. It is done to help keep any saliva and/or vomit from entering the lungs. Aspiration pneumonia is often the result of vomiting during a seizure. 😮

[@SarafinaSummers]

Log roll.

[@queenfoxmalu387]

I'm happy I do have that

[@NoProGoPronto]

So wait, you only roll the person on their side AFTER the seizure? Not during?

[@NozoneDubstep]

No, you roll them on their side DURING the seizure, this prevents them from choking on their own vomit or any other fluid they may throw up.

[@NoProGoPronto]

That's what I thought, but at 0:45 she says "afterwards". That can be misleading. I just wanted to be sure. Thank you

[@idkwt2use]

you roll them onto their side during but if you couldn't do it on time at least right after the episode. at least that's what I've read

[@billubakra007]

Is there any video demonstrating here on KZbin showing to roll the people to the sides during the convulsions?

[@billubakra007]

Is there any video demonstrating here on KZbin showing to roll the people to the sides during the convulsions?

[@abdoultoobreezy8293]

When i saw this video i thought it will happen around me and today it happened remembering this i help this girl and she is that word that starts with a E so i was ready for it 😀😃☺☺

[@Widdekuu91]

+Yun Yun You meant epiletic And good to know you helped.

[@queenfoxmalu387]

*dont

[@Chabeinator]

My dad had a seizure once,I wish I would have know this before._.

[@blakeshangoutzone7107]

Good too no my grandpa is a retired fire fighter

[@phantasma669]

How do you know they're not going to swallow their tongue. In the cases I came uppon this was the main problem. So how do you reverse this? It's nearly impossible to open their mouth ... I'm looking for this specific maneuver

[@reoreborn1209]

Its not pyhsically impossible to swollow your tongue. Its actually an urban legend/an old wives tale. However the tongue CAN fall backwards and block the airwaves but with the shaking this won't happen.

[@SarafinaSummers]

You cannot swallow your tongue. What is happening is the tongue is falling to the back of the airway. Turn them on their side and slightly forward. Sort of a 45 degree prone and the tongue will fall forward.

[@ayeshaabubaker1957]

Do you turn the head while they're having the seizure and shaking or after

[@averyjenkins2786]

How do we protect the seizure victim from biting there tounge?

[@jasmine-nu6ym]

You can't.

[@iamohsowell]

I've heard you're supposed to turn their head to the side

[@June-rb1nx]

it's impossible to hold someone down that is truly having a grand mal seizure. Seizures normally last for seconds to 1-2 minutes....It's best to make sure the patient isn't around something that may hurt them...but basically until the seizure is over just let it run it's course. One the seizure is over, turn the person on their side so that all the saliva will drain from their mouth. Talk to them in a calm reassuring voice. Let them know that they are okay, and that they had a seizure and need to lay still and relax.

[@armorison83]

Avery - unfortunately, there is nothing you can do. As a person with epilepsy, I can tell you that biting my tongue is the least of my worries as it heals quickly and is minor pain compared to other injuries I've sustained from a seizure. Thank you for taking the time to know more about seizure first aid. It means a lot!

[@ChiefenLind1793]

@@June-rb1nx i am here to learn, no judge, but isnt better to get the person on side while the attack going on, that way the flueds can come out? (Instead of after)?

[@thewiseass895]

You should've said to tilt the head to prevent choking, anyways do you guys know how to delete CCTV footage??

[@victorolmedo1240]

Someone having a seizure….. KZbin: wait 30 sec for this ad Smh

[@Missbigz]

what's the name of that Paraclete and where i can find it in France or Spain ?

[@jamesd7495]

my girlfriends a diabetic. is there anything special i should do if low blood sugar causes a seizure? when can I give her something to get her sugar up? after the seizures over??

[@jamesd7495]

nevermind. wrote that before you mentioned diabetics lol

[@Nick-xe2hu]

James Guthrie as

[@ImTotallyTechy]

Hmmm, I think i should CALL 911

[@LadySialeeds]

Can i call 911 for pranks? :D

[@Widdekuu91]

+Stavroula You certainly could. Whether you shóuld is a different story.

[@Itz_yo_gurl_Aaliyah]

Thx for the video my bff gets seizures

[@BlueandLighting]

Scared Now D:

[@elvispresleyfanforever6898]

What happens if they're on a concrete path? Cuz I walk with my epileptic friend every day and the way is on concrete and is very hard and rough! What happens then?

[@matthewnolen1591]

Keep Smiling you should put your hand under their head because their brain can be damaged if they hit their head to hard

[@charliebaker966]

Keep Smiling I have done this before you want to put them on the side and put your bag under there head

[@June-rb1nx]

if they fall on something like concrete the chances that they will bang their head up, or possibly break their head open(and will have to have stitches (possibly),but all seizures are different. IF they have a seizure and fall on the sidewalk today...they might get a gash on their head....and then again, they might not...you can't second guess what is going to happen. If you walk with your friend every day, I am sure the friend or her family has told you what to do or not to do ....??? I can't imagine a family member allowing a person who has seizures to go walking with a friend without informing said friend on what to do in case of a seizure.....

[@jevindavisjob]

well wish i would of known the shallow part i didn't want to leave her to get a spoon so dummy me stuck my finger in her mouth and my girl almost broke my finger and now my finger fat because she a good lock on my finger and that shit hurt badly :(

[@landro92117]

as far as breathing, are they okay or need CPR? my little sisters lips started turning a bit blue before. she has ghost epilesy

[@stephaniebaileyc.g.i7059]

Alex Rojas what?

[@June-rb1nx]

The bluish color is due to lack of oxygen. This will stop once the seizure is over....You can't do CPR on a person who is fully involved in a GRAND MAL seizure.....

[@yorusuyasoul69420]

pray to chin chin

[@XXTheRealMcCoyXX]

So basically, roll them over and do nothing....

[@EmptyMTYT]

So basically call 911/999

[@USMC_BABE38]

My BF has them

[@seyl717]

Call 911 are you freaking kidding me?

[@KJT922010T]

I've had seizures and they last a minute or two, If a seizure is lasting someone 5 minutes, Hit their head or is diabetic you better call 911.

[@exquisitecheez]

Yes, quite a few people have died from having a seizure.

[@LugoPazFC]

+Kevin James My brother is a diabetic and my Nba2k16 Character name is Kevin James too wtf 😂

[@idkwt2use]

seriously? people do die after seizures. not very commom but it has be known to happen

[@CW667tfh]

I have a friend that has epilepsy

[@genahood2308]

What do u see during q siezure

[@tjbratcher6034]

Atleast know i know how best to help my mom i will walk her to her room

[@WintaTime]

aww

[@4Dul69]

If you liked this video and it was helpful..... Call 911

[@dullyman1997]

ok half the things you said are wrong

[@ozzyshowmid5648]

Why tf is there an add

[@chrisarceneaux3594]

Seizures are Epileptic or Non-Epileptic, NOT people! A person with Epilepsy is not "Epileptic" just like person with a psychoses are not "psychotic"!

[@Tykotho]

hmm.. Good to know.

[@steve1253]

I have had E my whole life and never got in a snit over the use of that word. Buying a dictionary will help you be less thin skinned. epileptic | ˌepəˈleptik | adjective relating to or having epilepsy. noun a person who has epilepsy.

[@uxa1]

catch them on tape

[@sa-dr8xy]

we come here to learn how to first aid and all she saying is call 911?

[@SarafinaSummers]

You must not have had your listening ears screwed on properly. She said roll them on their side and put something under their head.

[@TheGamingMackV]

SURE YOU CAN! Good luck going to prison! -_-

[@zacwallace9072]

Ctfxc

[@TehOddie]

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[@PsychoticCanadian98]

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