Description
Acute management of a seizure is a critical medical intervention that focuses on ensuring the safety and well-being of the individual experiencing the seizure. The first step is to assess the situation. Ensure the safety of the individual and those around them by moving objects or people that may pose a risk during the seizure. Note the time the seizure begins. Seizures lasting longer than five minutes or recurrent seizures without recovery in between may require immediate medical attention. If the seizure lasts longer than five minutes, is followed by another seizure, or if it is the person's first seizure, seek immediate medical attention. Also, if the person is pregnant, injured during the seizure, or has a known seizure disorder but this episode is unusually severe or prolonged, medical evaluation is essential.
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- Dr. Min, a consultant neurologist with over 25 years of experience, is the guest speaker. He will discuss the acute management of seizures. Dr. Min's credentials include experience in prominent hospitals in Abu Dhabi and affiliations with Royal College of Physicians UK and other international organizations.
- Seizures are a common neurological disorder occurring in all age groups. The incidence has a double peak in younger and older ages. Younger people have idiopathic causes and injuries, while older people accumulate injuries, like road accidents, tumors, stroke, and etc.
- Seizures are a common presentation in acute neurology services, the third most common in general, but the second most common behind headache when stroke is excluded. A new definition of epilepsy describes it as a predisposition to recurrent epileptic seizures, with epileptic seizures arising from abnormal electrical activity in the brain.
- There are two types of seizures: provoked and unprovoked. Provoked seizures are caused by acute symptomatic factors, the "proximate" cause.
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About the Speakers
Dr. Min Htut
Consultant Neurologist , Global Care Hospital Abu Dhabi
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