vaspider: image-transcription:ishipphanaf:king-in-yellow:hopephd:Seizure First Aid. Le
vaspider: image-transcription: 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. [Image Transcription] A series of images from www.epilepsyfoundation.org titled “Seziure First Aid” with a red cross next to each title. The text on each image shares first aid tips about seizures and are white on a black background, and the bottom of each image has orange text that reads “Join the Fight”. The first aid tips are: •Keep calm and reassure other people who may be nearby. •Don’t hold the person down or try to stop his or her movements. •Time the seizure with your watch. •Clear the area around the person of anything hard or sharp. •Put something soft (like a folded sweatshirt) under their head. •Do not try to force open their mouth with anything hard or your finger! •Turn the person gently onto one side. This will help keep the airway clear. •Stay with the person until the seizure has ended naturally. •Be friendly and reassuring as conciousness returns. •Offer to call a friend, relative, or taxi to help the person get home if they need assistance. [End Image Transcription] This is important stuff to know. My father has epilepsy, and so I was informed on what to do when someone at GenCon had a seizure 2 days ago. And finally… If you DON’T live in the US, call an ambulance. It’s true that for many people seizures are a common occurrence that don’t require medical assistance, but at the outset of a seizure you have no way of knowing!* If you live in a country with a functioning medical system then it’s absolutely better to have the paramedics arrive early to a minor seizure that doesn’t need medical attention, than to have them arrive late to a major seizure that needs urgent medical attention. *This obviously assumes that the person is a stranger whose medical history you don’t know, if they have told you what to do in advance then do that. -- source link