Responding to Seizures: Care and Comfort First Aid

[@cc-xu3mc]

4:21 This is so true Patty. I had my first episode back in 94' when I was eight years old. After coming home from school I fell asleep on the couch and when I woke up I was surrounded by EMT's and my father was being questioned by the police. Thankfully my brother was there to witness what happened. I fell off the couch and landed directly on my chin, leaving a noticeable bump there was dried blood on my face, shirt and towels laying near-by. Apparently my dad tried to stop me from biting my tongue so he tried to stick his hand in, he later told me that he almost lost his fingers. He still continued to hold me down, protecting me from the twisting my body was doing but because of the movement i was making i still ended up falling and striking my chin. My tongue had been partially bitten off and was dangling. I couldn't feel a thing because the nerves were cut. To this day I can still see the scar when i look in the mirror. 13 years later I'm declared seizure free and taken off, Primidone. But man it's been one hell of a journey.~~cc

[@stoneyshow]

Thank you for this

[@jennarotella9036]

Hi Patty and Susan, fantastic tip on counting while someone is having a seizure. I have Myoclonic Epilepsy where my body jerks and I fall so walking is hard on my own. My mother helps me. I started this at 18yrs old and it gradually got worse, I'm 39 now, but some of the medicine would cause Gran mal seizures. Thank you for all that your doing

[@marcye3649]

Thank you. This helps me so much. My daughter has autism and just had her first “grand mal” seizure. She can’t tell me what she felt prior to. And I worry she wouldn’t be able to say something was wrong. Her breathing got so scary. But she was better once I could move her

[@kellyruddy6064]

Remain calm

[@stoneyshow]

Keep onlookers away but you do need people helping