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First Aid - Health tips
Centrum tip - What to do if someone has a seizure
Last updated: Wednesday, January 16, 2008
A seizure is an uncontrolled burst of activity in the brain. Different types of seizure produce different symptoms, from brief “blanking out”, to convulsions with loss of consciousness and muscle spasms.

 
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At the onset of the seizure, and if you have experience in doing so, open the person's airways (mouth and nose) and assist them in breathing; protect the person from injury; turn the person onto one side with the head down to allow saliva drainage and prevent vomit inhalation; stay with the person until they are fully recovered.

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