5. Seizure Aid

Question 1

Convulsions, rigid muscles, jerking;

typically lasts 1 to 3 minutes and followed by period of confusion

Answer 1

Generalized Onset - Tonic-Clonic (Grand Mal)

Question 2

Blank stare lasting only a few seconds;

sometimes with blinking or chewing motions.

Answer 2

Generalized Onset - Absence (Petit Mal)

Question 3

Staring and dazed facial
expression; person is not aware of what is going on or will not remember; person may
perform repetitive random movements and may not be able to talk normally; typically lasts
1 or 2 minutes and may be followed by confusion

Answer 3

Focal Onset - Impaired Awareness (Complex Partial)

Question 4

Jerking in one or more parts of the body or
sensory or perceptual changes that may or may not be obvious to onlookers; the person is aware of what occurs during the seizure

Answer 4

Focal Onset - Aware (Simple Partial)

Question 5

Sudden collapse with recovery within a minute

Answer 5

Atonic (Drop Attacks)

Question 6

Sudden, brief, massive jerks involving all or part of the body

Answer 6

Myoclonic

Question 7

Seizure First Aid

Answer 7

• STAY with the person and
start timing the seizure. Remain calm and check for medical ID
• Keep the person SAFE. Move or guide away from harmful objects.
• Turn the person onto their SIDE if they are not awake and aware. Don’t block airway, put something small and soft under the head, loosen tight clothes
around neck.
• Do NOT put anything in their mouth. Don’t give water, pills or food until the person is awake.
• Do NOT restrain.
• STAY with them until they are awake and alert after the seizure. Most seizures end in a
few minutes.

Question 8

Call 911

Answer 8

• Seizure lasts longer than 5 minutes
• Repeated seizures
• Difficulty breathing
• Seizure occurs in water
• Person is injured, pregnant or  sick
• Person does not return to
 their usual state
• First time seizure

Question 9

is a neurological disease that causes people to have recurrent seizures

Answer 9

Epilepsy

Question 10

is a brief disruption of electrical activity in the brain

Answer 10

seizure

Question 11

is one of the most important tests. It records the brain’s electrical activity. Some patterns of
activity are unique to certain types of seizures

Answer 11

EEG

Question 12

A small device (generator) is implanted under the skin in the left side of the chest. A small thin wire or electrode goes from the generator and is attached to the vagus nerve in the neck.

Answer 12

Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS)

Question 13

This is another
device to treat seizures. It is implanted under the scalp in a
small area of the skull or bone surrounding the brain. One or
two wires from the device are placed under or on the surface of the brain where seizures
start. The device is able to sense a seizure and sends small pulses of electrical current
through the wires to help stop or lessen seizures.

Answer 13

Responsive Neurostimulation (RNS)

Question 14

is a new type of device that also helps control
seizures when surgery doesn’t work or cannot be done. Electrode wires are placed in
a specific area of the brain. The device is programmed, like VNS, to give stimulation to
interrupt or stop seizures.

Answer 14

Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)

Question 15

can help control seizures in both children and

adults. They are usually used when seizures do not respond to medicine

Answer 15

Dietary Therapies

Question 16

The most common diet therapy is the _______. This is a medically supervised high fat and
low carbohydrate diet.

Answer 16

ketogenic diet