What was I doing again?

[willowroot]

Now I know what someone having a seizure sounds and looks like.

It's also reassuring to know that all of my long-accumulated first aid training from my days in the scouts and with Red Cross refresher courses has not left my head.

I'm thankful that the "bystander effect" did not happen in this instance.

I hope for his sake that 'Chad' makes out alright.

Writing? What's that? I'm gonna go out for a walk...

Comments

[georgmi.livejournal.com]

It's not fun, is it? And damn, the things you can do are so limited and don't feel like really helping.

Was a guy in my Accounting classes in college whose seizures were triggered by stress, so every test day, he'd have one.

Yeah, that was certainly Not Fun.

[flinx.livejournal.com]

It's also amazing the effect of perceptual time-dilation. I don't think it was more than 30 seconds between when I first heard the guy in seizure (choking noises, banging against the wall) and when I got up, found him in his carrel down the hall, yelled for help, and got him upright. It felt like I took about 5 minutes, though.

I know that it happens, though, but I've never so clearly experienced it.

But once I got him laid out on the floor between the bookshelves, I had a distinct feeling of time snapping back into order.

Very weird.

And a daily seizure? Damn.

Re: Yeah, that was certainly Not Fun.

[georgmi.livejournal.com]

Not daily, just every time there was a test. 2-3 times a quarter. At least in that class; now I think on't, I guess he'd probably be similarly susceptible in his other classes. So still "damn", yes.