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First Aid Tips
›Asthma
      
›Bleeding
      
›Burn
      
›Choking
      
›CPR
      
›Electric Shock
      
›Epilepsy
      
›Fainting
      
›Fractures
      
›Heart Attack / Angina
      
›Nose Bleeds
      
›Poison
      
›Unconsciousness
      
›Shock
      
›Strains & Sprains
      
›Recovery Position
      
         
        
EPILEPSY
      
      
Identification / look out for:
      
›Twitching of limbs, shaking or rigid body.
›Abnormal eye movements.
›Confusion
›Unconsciousness
›Unusual breathing pattern.
›Clenched jaw
›Frothing at the mouth.

                
What to do during Seizure:
      
1. If possible try to ease the patient's fall.
      
      
2. Try to protect the head
      
3. Try to maintain some privacy for the casualty
      
4. Do not restrain the casualty or put anything in the mouth
      
      
      
      
      
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During Seizure:
      
1. If possible try to ease the patient's fall.
      
2. Try to protect the head
      
3. Try to maintain some privacy for the casualty
      
4.Do not restrain the casualty or put anything in the mouth
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After Seizure:
      
1. Open airway and check breathing.
      
2. If breathing place in the Recovery Position
      
3.Usually patient recovers on his own in his own time.
      
4. If seizure lasts longer than 5 minutes or the period of unconsciousness is more than 10 minutes or if it is a first seizure seek medical help/call ambulance.
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