Seizures Flashcards
Order of caring for a client who is walking and just had a seizure
Ease to the floor
Maintain airway
Obtain vital signs
Record seizure activity
Characteristics of tonic phase
LOC
Dilated pupils
Muscle stiffness
How long does the tonic phase last
20 - 30 seconds
Characteristics of The clonic phase
Repetitive movements
Characteristics of the Ictal phase
the seizure
Proper administration of phenytoin if someone is on a tube feed
Stop the tube feed 1 hour before giving and hold tube feeding 1 hour after giving the medication
Notify HCP if you experience this side effect while taking gabapentin
Visual
What is the nurse observing during a seizure
Movement of the head and eyes
What should the nurse expect to observe of the client in the postictal phase
Drowsiness
two complications of seizures?
Status epilepticus:
Trauma:
Status epilepticus:
a continuous seizure without returning to consciousness between
generalized seizures
the entire brain
Another name for generalized seizures
non focal
initial manifestation of a general seizure
LOC
What is a partial seizure
affects part of the brain
