|
|
|
| view user profile |  |
| add to a friend list |  |
| remove from a friend list |  |
| send an email |  |
 |
Jennifer |
|
01-10-07 2:47 AM |
 | |
When I was in HS (now in my 2nd year of college) I assisted our football team trainer for two years patching up minor cuts and things. Well I got to know the guys pretty well and liked many of them. I had a lot of respect for those guys that played that game. They often come back super beat up and it took a long time for me and the trainer to get everyone fixed up.
The work was rewarding and I learned alot about first aid under the direction of the trainer. I have to admit I had a crush on our tailback, Mark Carter. He was a total  tie and I used to dream of him getting banged up and me needing to patch him up but it never seemed to happen. He was tough as the come. But he took a lot of punishment and I saw many plays where he got hit really hard.
Well just last summer I was in the mall and I saw him. I hadn't seen him in over a year so I ran up to him and said hi and we talked for a bit. He was there alone. We walked over to one end of the food court area and were going to sit down and talk when suddenly his eyes kind of rolled back and he just sagged forward. I tried to catch him and we both went down and he was shaking. I knew enough to know he was having a seisure but didn't have any knowledge of what to do. So I held his head on my lap and yelled for  .
A police lady ran up and called for an ambulance. They came pretty quick and carted him off. I haven't heard from him since. I was pretty sick with worry until I ran into his former girl friend and she told me he was ok. But after the football he had started to have seisures. He'd had a few while they were still together. That was super scary? | |
| |
|
Baby Girl |
|
02-07-07 5:08 PM |
| |
| seizures are scary. I was with my b/f when he had one 2 years ago. we are married now so i should say hubby. and when i was in high school there was a girl in my class that had them once or twice a month. It is scary but you get used to nowing what is going on and what to do. | |
| |
 |
EMT/FD/State Police |
|
10-04-07 9:06 PM |
| |
| The thing is with Emergency Medical Science is you have to treat seizure symptoms as if it were the worst, but even if you assume it were a seizure still call for EMTs and do what you can do until ALS can get there, so mainly all you can do is if you try to arouse the person and it doesn't work, then you may want to get the person on the floor lying on their side or back and try to get a response until EMS or Fire can get there to administer anticonvulsants, O2 (Oxygen masks), etc. In the mean time, you could check the blood glucose levels to make sure the patient didn't go into some sort of insulin shock, no always diabetic, because high blood glucose levels can cause someone to convulse or turn their eyes back while they're already faint and unresponsive. There are symptoms that overlap seizure activity as mentioned before that the person could be in a diabetic shock or they could be having a stroke. The thing is with strokes the person may respond, but can't squeeze your hand sort of like a paralized person. You shouldn't treat every seizure as if it were a stroke. Strokes don't always have to faint, they might just stare at you and not respond. The thing is you can't go too distant and you can't go more on the postitive side. There are so many problems that can occur with these patients and you can't take for granted. Maybe what you do in the middle line might the patient a little bit by visual observation, but technically it has done a lot by medical testing that is done in the ER. There is such thing as seizures not showing up on an EEG, but most seizures would. Only a neurologist can probably tell the difference. Be aware that these anti convulsants prevent seizures, although that these Prescriptions don't prevent these 100% of the time, so anything can happen in the future. Expect anything and keep Emergency numbers close in case of an Emergency with you, 911 communications can get an Emergency Response team quick instead of waiting and doing First Aid procedures can lead to death. Usually, EMS gets the patient to the hospital in a timely manner, but I don't speed 80 mph when I volunteer when I have an unresponsive patient, because I'm not that crazy of a Medic. Just be glad that you did the best you could the first time around and you can get better at handling the situation next time around. | |
| |
 |
EMT/FD/State Police |
|
10-04-07 9:31 PM |
| |
Don't get scared over something like this. Seeing it for a first time can be the scariest. Remember, don't sit there and dwell on it for thirty minutes, because after fifteen minutes is when it could become very dangerous. After something like this, I can see where you are coming from, but you can't sit there. There are other things you can do to move on besides worrying about one non-fatal emergency. Be glad he didn't die and that everything made sense instead of being fooled by MDs that think they have time to play around with medictaions. Seizures are very fast paced procedures and you need to find out immediatly if this person had a seizure, stroke, or went in shock. If this was known to be a seizure you need to get this person on a anti-convulsant and/or anti-seizure medications so you can prevent these seizures from happening every day or every other day. Even when you may have time, do something. People can't live their lives being hospitalized over and over again until they're finally dead. I've been working with Fire and Rescue ever since I was Sixteen Years Old. I became an Active Member when I was Eighteen, so I'd have enough experience to administer medication the right way and not let a person fall for something. The issue is when it comes to seizures is you have to treat it quickly before the symptoms escalade. Like I said before, dial 911 or something so you can keep your  d one living. Don't let neurologists screw you and get a dollar out of you for nothing. Don't worry about his looks. He can't it. Worry about getting him the correct medical attention. Good Luck! | |
| |
|
EMAIL
FRIENDS
MY OPTIONS
NEWS
FX PRIZES
CONTESTS
INTERVIEWS
WHO'S ON
SHOP
