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Seizure Poster

The poster transcribed if you're interested:

FIRST AID FOR GRAND MAL SEIZURES (Tonic/Clonic)


When the person falls:

Tonic Stage

The person's body will stiffen. The person's complexion may turn blue. This stage lasts for approximately 1 minute.

Clonic Stage

The person's body may shake and the arms and legs may jerk, sometimes violently. Salive may bubble from the mouth. The teeth may be tightly clenched and may bite the tongue. This stage lasts approximately 1 minute.

After The Seizure

The person may be confused and not know where he/she is. He/she may want to sleep. Loss of urine may have occured during the seizure, and the person may be embarrassed.

WHAT TO DO:


Administer first aid and call for medical assistance.
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Ok so I now see that they did know not to put any thing into the mouth of a person taking a seizure.
~Me
Thu 06-16-2005
Ooops! Sorry, "~Me"! I shoulda read ahead!
Lynne
Fri 06-17-2005
Impulses!
LoL.
Not a problem, I like you ..................& buttons too!
~Me
Fri 06-17-2005
:-)
Lynne
Fri 06-17-2005
its so nice to see people bonding over seizures ^_^
observer
Thu 07-07-2005
The bottom part of the poster that says complex partial seizures is what a Petit Mal seizure is, or a smaller form of siezure. The description of it is kinda funny though because it says do not stop or restrain the person and the bottom line says do not (agitate? hard to read ) the person. During a Complex partial seizure you're not actually with it enough to know what's going on and it's the same thing as a black out without passing out but you don't have the convulstions and everything.
K'lyn
Fri 09-23-2005
I think the bottom part says:

Administer first aid and call for medical assistance.
COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURES
(TEMPORAL LOBE, PSYCHOMOTOR)
-Do not try to stop or restrain the person
-Try to remove harmful objects from the person's pathway or gently coax the person away from them
-Do not agitate the person
Lynne
Fri 09-23-2005
Funny story.........

person in a petit Mal ....naked pressed up against a full window, refused to be coaxed away, so I just drew down the shades as far as I could, at least no one walkin by would see his face.
~Me
Fri 09-23-2005
You can tell that poster is old. Today it would be printed in four languages.
Puddleboy
Mon 11-28-2005
Looking for any info on Letchworth in regards to relative there from 1948-1962
Winxs
Fri 12-09-2005
e-mail or post please
winxs
Fri 12-09-2005
I've had a grand mal seizure before. You feel like pure shit when the seizures over.
Andy
Mon 01-30-2006
Andy, I used to work with people who had petit and grand mal seizures. The aftermath is no picnic. I feel for you, man. Do you still suffer with seizures, or no?
Twug
Mon 01-30-2006
Hey... Winxs... I'm a supervisor for an OMRDD home and know a few place where you might be able to get some information... michl979@yahoo.com
Michelle
Sun 03-19-2006
Twug I still have seizures. I have a seizure months go by without having one and then it hits me. The latest I had was on March 17, 2006.
Andy
Fri 04-28-2006
Take care of yourself, Andy. I hope you recover quickly. I know they're harsh.
Twug
Fri 04-28-2006
my 4 year old had a couple of febrile seizures when she was 2 and a couple more when she was 3. scariest moment of my life the first time as i did not know what was going on.
jas
Tue 05-02-2006
My 15 year old cat had a seizure in my arms the day she died. Its not some thing I will forget.
DaveG
Wed 05-24-2006
DaveG, I'm sorry you lost your baby, but thank God you were with her. I know you are hurting, I'm sorry. sending you hugs.
bluicecorvette
Fri 05-26-2006
Being a paramedic in NYC, we see these everyday. it's true, most times you don't remember a anything after a seizure. In fact, some people laugh or are amazed later on when we describe how serious the situation looked. I see that the procedures back then don't differ much from what they are now. One of our EMT's actually had his finger bitten off by a person having a seizure when he tried inserting a "oral airway". We nicknamed him "thumbs up" lol.
EMSMedic
Sat 01-05-2008
I deal with diferent types of seizures every day> I am the father of an epileptic (LGS) who has anywhere between 3 and 20 seizures a day. She has myclonic, tonic clonic, atonic, partial complex, ocular, and focal seizures.
waddayano
Sun 11-09-2008
You cannot put anything in the mouth of someone having a seizure because it is a choking hazard, when you have a seizure you are not in control of your muscles and you could easily bite off whatever has been put in your mouth and choke or you could accidentally bite and injure the person trying to insert something into your mouth. .
DanniDurant
Tue 06-16-2009

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