First Aid

In all cases remember:

1. Stay calm
2. Look at your watch.
3. Keep the person away from danger.
4. Stay with the person, be reassuring, and offer emotional support.

If there are convulsions:

1. Protect the person from injury, but do not restrain them.
2. Never put anything in the person’s mouth.
3. Let the seizure take its course.
4. Roll the person in a gentle way when the seizure is over.
5. Keep an eye on the person until he/she is fully alert again.

Call an ambulance if: If the seizure lasts longer than 5 minutes.  If the seizure repeats. If the person having the seizure is pregnant or has additional medical conditions.  If confusion more than one hour. If consciousness does not return after the seizure has ended. If the person receives an injury.