How do you deal with a person who had a seizure in front of you?
The Dubai Health Authority has identified several healthy ways to deal with a patient with epilepsy in the event of a sudden emergency seizure, and how the patient can control and coexist with the disease.
According to the authority, if someone has a sudden seizure in front of you, you must remain calm and do not leave the patient until the seizure ends, and extend the patient to the ground and carefully turn him to one side, put a smooth object under his head, and loosen his tie and his shirt buttons or anything Around his neck, remove the glasses, if any, and calculate the time taken for the seizure.
She stressed the need for the person accompanying the injured person to avoid panic or try to restrict or stop the convulsions, not to put anything in the victim's mouth during the attack, to avoid providing cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and to stay away from providing water or food to the person until he fully recovers.
Regarding epilepsy cases that require calling an ambulance, the authority clarified that there are 6 cases: “If this is the first seizure that the person suffers, if the seizure lasts for more than five minutes, and the person has difficulty breathing or waking up, the person has another seizure after a short period of the first seizure.” If the seizure occurred in the water or the person was injured, as well as if there is another health symptom such as heart disease or pregnancy.
The authority mentioned 5 tips that help a patient with epilepsy control the disease, which is to follow a healthy lifestyle, limit the things that may cause or exacerbate the seizure, take medication according to the prescription, keep a record of the seizures he is going through and any triggers for them, and make sure to follow closely. with the doctor."
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