I posted a long ass post about epilepsy awareness month on facebook and no one really noticed but I believe it should be extremely important to know what to do when you witness someone having a tonic (freezing up) clonic (limbs shaking rhythmically) seizure. There’s way more kinds of them but this one is the most well known.
- Move things out of the way so the person won’t injure them.
- Loosen any tight clothing around the neck.
- Put a pillow or something soft under the head.
- Lay them on one side to prevent choking on oral liquids, such as saliva or vomit.
- Time the seizure. Normally they last about 30 to 90 seconds.
Call an ambulance about a seizure if:
- The person was injured during the seizure
- The person may have inhaled saliva or vomit
- The seizure lasted longer than three minutes
- There is no known history of seizures
!!!Things not to do during a seizure!!!:
- Don’t put anything in the mouth. First of all, despite what you’ve heard, it’s impossible to swallow your tongue and choke. While the person may bite their tongue during a seizure, trying to cram something in the mouth probably won’t work to prevent this. You may also get bitten, or you may break some of the person’s teeth or they may break the object and choke or aspirate.
- Don’t try to hold them down. People, even children, have remarkable muscular strength during seizures. Trying to pin a person with a seizure to the ground isn’t easy and it won’t do any good, anyway.
- Don’t give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation until the seizure is over. After the seizure has ended, give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation only if the person is not breathing.
- Don’t call an ambulance during a typical seizure. For a lot of people, the first response to seeing a seizure is to call 911. But for the vast majority of seizures, that isn’t necessary. Instead, only call for medical help if the person is injured during the seizure, if a seizure lasts more than three minutes, they are pregnant or if it seems like one seizure is immediately following the previous one.
Source. Just edited some wording, such as unnecessary “him or her” pronouns. It’s also about children but it exactly the same situation with adults.
come on please reblog this. It means a lot to me and could save a life
If an adult/teenager isn’t breathing, it’s better to perform chest compressions instead of mouth-to-mouth.
That’s actually a very good tip, thank you. Best have someone with proper CPR training rather than trying to go right into it
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