Client Right #4 & Seizure Training
- sublimelivingmisa
- Apr 1
- 1 min read
Client Right #4 states: "A right to prompt medical care and treatment."
We all know that witnessing someone having a seizure can be a frightening and/or stressful situation. When providing direct care & supervision to clients who have seizures it is important to know the proper steps to take to ensure everyone's safety.
Please discuss below the precautions you would take when helping someone during a seizure.
Are most seizures considered a medical emergency?
What is important to observe & record?
What should you NOT do when assisting someone during a seizure?
DO NOT. Attempt to give oral medications, food or drink during a seizure.
Seizures are NOT considered medical emergencies. But if the client is injured, or not breathing normally contact emergency services and the manager.
Is important to know the proper steps to take to ensure everyone's safety. When providing direct care and supervision to clients who have seizures.
- The first important thing you have to do is stay calm and track time.
- Turn client on his - her side.
- Protect client from possible hazards.
- Utilize VNS.
- Cushion client's head.
- Do not put anything in the client's mouth.
- Document seizure activity.
- After seizure remain with client until awareness.
As a whole, not all seizures are medical emergencies. Some are common occurrences. What’s important to record or observe is time, length and ending details. Also it is crucial to note what happened and what the reaction was like. Some things to avoid or NOT do when they take place are hold them down, move them or put things in their mouth.
Not all seizures are not medical emergencies. Stay with clients until fully alert and aware Follow emergency protocol call 911. Do not put anything in the clients mouth during a seizure. Do not hold down or restrain.
Anyone that is having a Seizure,time the the seizure and documented it, if is moor then 5 Minutes its a emergency call 911. Do not put anything in there mouth or try to hold them down, make sure there is nothing around them that may hurt them.
Not all seizures are are considered a medical emergency. Document the time the seizure started and ended.
Don’t put anything in their mouth, Don’t hold them down, and don’t give them anything orally.