What to do if a student has a seizure at school?
They should:
- Maintain a calm tone to keep other students from panicking.
- Reassure and comfort the student if they experience confusion or fear following the seizure.
- Allow the student to remain seated in the classroom until awareness returns.
- Allow the student quiet rest time following the seizure.
What should a seizure action plan include?
A Seizure Action Plan [PDF – 41 KB] contains the essential information school staff may need to know in order to help a student who has seizures. It includes information on first aid, parent and health care provider contacts, and medications specifically for that child.
What nursing interventions would you put in place if your patient is having a seizure?
Have an oral airway, oxygen, and suction readily available. Keep his bed in a low position with the side rails up. Consider padding them. If he has a seizure, stay with him to protect him from injury and observe seizure activity.
What is the emergency treatment for seizures?
Emergency treatment usually involves IV (or oral medication in some people) medication such as lorazepam; other drugs may also be utilized with this drug type (phenytoin or fosphenytoin). Treatment is needed to begin soon as continual seizures lasting 20-30 min.
What is a seizure care plan?
Care planning is a process of goal setting and action planning which helps the person with epilepsy to be confident to say what they need and get the support they choose. The epilepsy action care plan includes space for healthcare professionals and patients to collate information about their condition.
How can I control a seizure at home?
Here are things you can do to help someone who is having this type of seizure:
- Ease the person to the floor.
- Turn the person gently onto one side.
- Clear the area around the person of anything hard or sharp.
- Put something soft and flat, like a folded jacket, under his or her head.
- Remove eyeglasses.
What are nursing interventions to prevent seizures?
Avoid using thermometers that can cause breakage. Use a tympanic thermometer when necessary to take the temperature. Reduces risk of patient biting and breaking glass thermometer or suffering injury if sudden seizure activity should occur. Uphold strict bedrest if prodromal signs or aura experienced.
How do you treat convulsions?
Treatment
- Medication. Treatment for seizures often involves the use of anti-seizure medications.
- Dietary therapy.
- Surgery.
- Electrical stimulation.
- Pregnancy and seizures.
- Contraception and anti-seizure medications.
- Personal safety.
- Seizure first aid.
Why do we need a seizure action plan for schools?
In fact, epilepsy affects over 2 million people according to the Epilepsy Foundation. That’s why this seizure action plan rounds out our five action plan templates for schools. It allows for detail to describe what the individual student’s warning signs of a seizure are, and how the student responds after having a seizure.
What should be included in a seizure care plan?
A seizure care plan will include the student’s seizure history and document any medications. In addition, it will include the nurse’s treatment responsibilities during a seizure. This may include monitoring the length of the seizure, clearing the area of dangerous objects, and helping the student reorient after waking.
What are the responsibilities of a nurse during a seizure?
In addition, it will include the nurse’s treatment responsibilities during a seizure. This may include monitoring the length of the seizure, clearing the area of dangerous objects, and helping the student reorient after waking.
What should a school nurse do in case of an emergency?
Nurses implement the plan should a medical emergency arise while the student is at school. Individual and emergency care plans contain several components. The plan includes relevant medical history and the student’s current condition and diagnosis. It should outline the symptoms and when it is appropriate for the school nurse to intervene.
