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Slide 1
Children with Seizures
Slide 2
Overview
Slide 3
Facts and Figures
Slide 4
What is a seizure?
Slide 5
Technically speaking
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How they affect brain and consciousness
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Which creates three possibilites
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1. Generalized Seizures
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2. Partial Seizures
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3. Partial Seizures, secondarily generalizing
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Generalized Tonic Clonic Seizures - Grand Mal
Slide 12
Tonic phase; Clonic phase
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Video of Generalized Tonic Clonic Seizure
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Complex Partial Seizures
Slide 15
Video of Complex Partial Seizure
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Absence Seizures (Petit Mal)
Slide 17
Video of Absence Seizure
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Simple Partial (and nocturnal) Seizures
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Video of Simple Partial Seizure
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Video of Zachary's seizures
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Seizure Identification: Questions
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Seizure Identification: Possible Answers
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Video of Jenelle's seizures
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Seizure Identification: Questions
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Seizure Identification: Possible Answers
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Seizure Identification: Some are not seizures
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Seizure First Aid
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1. Remain Calm
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2. Prevent Injury
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3. Time the seizure
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When to call 9-1-1
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Medications (AEDs): Some side effects
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Medications (AEDs): Diastat and VNS
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Non Physical Aspects
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Psychological Impact
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Educational Impact
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Social Impact
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Cultural Impact
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Please don't...
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Please do...
Slide 41
One more thought
Slide 42
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