Client Right Training & Seizure Training
- sublimelivingmisa
- Mar 31, 2024
- 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?
When a client is having a seizure remember to stay calm and track the length of the seizure.
Most seizures are not medical emergencies. You want to look around to make sure there is nothing sharp or hazardous around them and move those items away from them to protect them from possible injuries.
Turn them on their side and cushion their head if possible.
Remain with them until they have regained awareness of their surroundings.
Give them emotional support and document their seizure activity.
DO NOT put anything in their mouth during a seizure or try to hold them down.
Steps you would take for a client having s seizures
> Stay w/ the person until the seizures ends and fully awake
> comfort the person and speak calmly
> keep yourself and other people calm
> clear hard or sharp objects from the person
> dont try to hold them down or stop movements
> place them on their side to help keep their airway clear
> look at your watch at the start of the seizure to time its length
> dont put anything in their mouth
When is the seizure considered medical emergency
> A seizure considered an emergency when it lasts a long time or when seizures occur close together and the person does'nt recover between…
- 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.
- 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.
Important to:
- Stay calm and track time
- protect client from possible hazards
- turn client on his/her side
- cushion head
- utilize VNS if available
- contact emergency services for seizure lasting more than two minutes, if client is injured, or normal breathing does not resume
- after seizure remain with client until awareness of surroundings is fully regained
- provide emotional support
- document seizure activity
DO NOT:
- put anything in the client's mouth
- hold down or restrain
- attempt to give oral medications, food or drink during a seizure
Most seizures are NOT considered medical emergencies.