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FloydianOne · 03-12-2005, 04:41 PM

So I was in class on Friday, and the guy right next to me had a seizure and fell out of his chair convulsing. It was quite frightening and I had no idea what to do. I did the obvious thing which was to get stuff out of his way so he wouldnt hurt himself by hitting it etc. Thankfully there was a student who had taken some ems classes, and he even had some medical gloves in his backpack. He took control of the situation and turned the guy on his side... after the convulsing stopped it really sounded like he was having trouble breathing, and it sounded like he had alot of mucus or something in his mouth/airway. Someone in class called the campus police and after quite a long period of time they came and told everyone to leave the classroom.

Anyways, I did some reading after this happened so I would know what to do in the future, and read some contradicting information. Some websites said that you should put the person on his/her back and tilt their headback to clear the airway, while others said to push them on their side (which is what the student did). Does anyone know which one is the more correct way to do it?

03-12-2005, 04:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
FloydianOne Crazy	What to do when a seizure happens? So I was in class on Friday, and the guy right next to me had a seizure and fell out of his chair convulsing. It was quite frightening and I had no idea what to do. I did the obvious thing which was to get stuff out of his way so he wouldnt hurt himself by hitting it etc. Thankfully there was a student who had taken some ems classes, and he even had some medical gloves in his backpack. He took control of the situation and turned the guy on his side... after the convulsing stopped it really sounded like he was having trouble breathing, and it sounded like he had alot of mucus or something in his mouth/airway. Someone in class called the campus police and after quite a long period of time they came and told everyone to leave the classroom. Anyways, I did some reading after this happened so I would know what to do in the future, and read some contradicting information. Some websites said that you should put the person on his/her back and tilt their headback to clear the airway, while others said to push them on their side (which is what the student did). Does anyone know which one is the more correct way to do it? __________________ Fight apathy! ..... or dont.