08/11/2025
Dos and Don'ts for someone fitting/having seizures
Do:
✅️Ease the person to the floor.
✅️Turn the person gently onto one side(usually left side). This will help the person breathe.
✅️Clear the area around the person of anything hard or sharp. This can prevent injury.
✅️Put something soft and flat, like a folded jacket, under his or her head.
✅️Remove eyeglasses.
✅️ Loosen ties or anything around the neck that may make it hard to breathe.
✅️Time the seizure. Urgently seek medical attention if the seizure lasts longer than 5 minutes.
Do not:
❌️hold the person down or try to stop his or her movements.
❌️put anything in the person’s mouth. This can injure teeth or the jaw. A person having a seizure cannot swallow his or her tongue, its a myth.
❌️try to give mouth-to-mouth breaths (like CPR). People usually start breathing again on their own after a seizure.
❌️offer the person water or food until he or she is fully alert.
End of today's lessons, good night ladies and gentlemen!
