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...

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[flinx.livejournal.com]

Only one person suggested that I splash water on his face, which I kindly turned down, as the suggester was also the one who'd called 911 (after also being worried by the sounds).

The EMTs didn't seem too worried, given that by the time they arrived, Chad was upright and conversant, although he was *completely* disoriented. Two of us also had him penned into a corner with an overstuffed chair to keep him from hurting himself any further--when he roused, he'd tried walking away from me down the hall, his legs failed, and he went face-first into a door jamb... *wince*

I'm okay, now that the adrenalin buzz wore off, and I've come back from the resultant crash. Thanks. :}

Thank you for helping. :)

[jenx.livejournal.com]

My birth mother would have grand mal seizures. At one of her neurological appointments, her doctor showed us a simulation of the electrical activity in the brain during a seizure - it was a total activation of almost every neuron, cascading across the brain. It's no wonder they're disoriented! Things settle down after about 30 minutes or so, but the person usually doesn't have any memory of the actual seizure.

My favorite of mom's seizures? The one where she was *driving*. Thank goodness I was in the passenger seat, and could help!