Emergency measures in case of seizures

  Generally, epileptic patients have precursory self-conscious symptoms before a seizure, such as abnormal sensations, chest tightness, epigastric discomfort, fear, salivation, inaudible sounds, blurred vision, etc. Therefore, the patient himself should leave the dangerous situation such as on the road, by the pool, in front of the fire, etc. as soon as possible and find a safe place to sit or lie down in time before the seizure is foreshadowed.  The patient’s family members should also learn to observe the patient’s performance before the seizure so that they can make preventive measures as early as possible to prevent other accidental injuries.  The main emergency measures for seizures are: 1. In petit mal seizures, the patient shows a brief loss of consciousness, usually only a few seconds, no convulsions or spasms, a white or red face, children show spinning in place, etc., which are generally easy to ignore. Limited epilepsy usually manifests as limited, spasmodic convulsions of the hands, feet, face, etc. The above mentioned performance must be found to go to the hospital to receive examination and treatment, according to the medical advice adhere to the medication.  2, grand mal seizure, the patient showed spasmodic leg convulsions, head back, shouted and fell to the ground, the whole body muscles are tonic contraction, spasm, mouth tightly closed, eyes rolled up, the rigid period generally lasts for a few seconds to half a minute, turned to the clonic phase, the whole body muscles are rhythmic strong contraction, whistling recovery, with whistling mouth spray white foam or blood foam, urinary incontinence, a seizure lasts 2-3 minutes, more A seizure lasts for 2-3 minutes, and more than 7-8 minutes. When the patient is about to fall to the ground before a general convulsion occurs, the patient’s family or rescuer, if nearby, should immediately go forward to hold the patient and try to let him fall slowly to avoid injury.  If a child with epilepsy has a seizure that lasts too long, persists or occurs one after another, it is a critical situation and should be rescued in time, otherwise it will cause serious consequences such as cerebral edema, brain herniation, whistling and circulatory failure, or even death. In this case, you should immediately call the hospital or emergency center for help. When the clonic twitching starts, parents should immediately let the child lie on his side or tilt his head to the side to prevent inadvertent inhalation of intraoral secretions and gastrointestinal reflux vomit into the whistling tract, leading to asphyxia or aspiration pneumonia. The patient’s jaws should be held up to prevent the tongue from suffocating and obstructing inhalation. The patient’s mouth should be held up to prevent the tongue from being suffocated and obstructing the inhalation.