Tips to Remember

• The average child with epilepsy is healthy and wants to be treated just like any other child.
• A child with epilepsy should get his or her medicine on time.
• It's nobody's fault if a child has a seizure. It's not the child's fault or your fault.
• Most seizures are not emergencies and do not need emergency care.
• Talk things over with parents so you know exactly how they want you to handle a seizure.
• Unless you have other instructions, first aid for seizures is mostly to keep the child safe until the seizure ends naturally.
• If a child has a convulsion, turn him or her on one side to prevent choking.
• Having a seizure is upsetting and embarrassing for a child. He or she will need comforting and kindness afterwards.
• Call for emergency assistance if a seizure lasts longer than 5 minutes, if another seizure starts, or if the child doesn't wake up or breathe properly afterwards.
• A child with epilepsy probably won't have a seizure while you're looking after him.