{"id":1146,"date":"2022-02-18T01:58:42","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T01:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/?p=1146"},"modified":"2022-09-04T20:36:37","modified_gmt":"2022-09-04T20:36:37","slug":"the-ems-treatment-of-seizures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/?p=1146","title":{"rendered":"The EMS Treatment of Seizures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"885\" height=\"735\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/seizureactivity.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/seizureactivity.png 885w, https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/seizureactivity-300x249.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/seizureactivity-768x638.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/seizureactivity-750x623.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 885px) 100vw, 885px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3>Assessment and treatment priorities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>After performing a primary survey, the medics priorities for assessment and treatment of the seizure patient are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Determine if the patient is experiencing a status seizure.  If the patient is still seizure by the time the ambulance makes it on scene, it&#8217;s a status seizure and requires an ALS response so a paramedic can give a benzodiazepine.  <\/li><li>Administer oxygen to decrease post ictal phase time.<\/li><li>Explain the seizure by inquiring about history and medication compliance.<\/li><li>If the seizure is not readily explainable, then attempt to determine the underlying cause of the seizure by using the SPASTIC pneumonic.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"804\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/protocol_18_seizures-1-1024x804.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/protocol_18_seizures-1-1024x804.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/protocol_18_seizures-1-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/protocol_18_seizures-1-768x603.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/protocol_18_seizures-1-750x589.png 750w, https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/protocol_18_seizures-1.png 1124w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assessment and treatment priorities After performing a primary survey, the medics priorities for assessment and treatment of the seizure patient are: Determine if the patient is experiencing a status seizure. If the patient is still seizure by the time the ambulance makes it on scene, it&#8217;s a status seizure and requires an ALS response so [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[85],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1146"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1146"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2250,"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1146\/revisions\/2250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}