Medical Emergencies & First Aid : About Seizures

There are several different types of seizures, including petite mal seizures, grand mal seizures and focal motor seizures. Look for signs of seizures, such as shaking, tremors, random ocular motor movement and slurred speech, with help from an EMT in this free video on seizures.

Expert: Brian Luscomb
Bio: Brian Luscomb is an EMT at the City of Humble Fire Department in Texas.
Filmmaker: Kevin Haberer

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• medical
• emergencies
• first
• aid
• emergency
• EMT
• ambulance
• CPR
• sepsis
• heatstroke
• strokes
• heart
• attacks
• brain
• injury

[travelplus1]

Activate the building fire alarm for quick response

[nezpercenathan]

One thing everyone should be aware of is that seizures are not always a sign of epilepsy. I have a tumor in the left motor cortex of my brain, which causes focal seizures on the right side. Unlike some times of seizures, these rarely result in loss of consciousness, but are extremely painful, feeling very much like an electric shock. There is utterly no control over the limbs involved, and I have even drawn blood when my fingernails were slightly long, by clenching my fist so tightly.

[redbike2009]

Sometimes flashing lights set them off.

[sworda1]

Complex/partial seizure?

[KyprosNighthawk]

Tsk. No longer acceptable to call it a "grand mal"! X)

[cidispatcher2]

:o i hate sezures