First aid for seizures: The importance of education and appropriate response

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  O'Hara, Kathryn A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Seizure education; Seizure first aid; Seizure response

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DIAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; PLACEBO;

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FIRST AID; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION; SEIZURE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STAFF TRAINING; WORKPLACE; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SERVICE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EPILEPSY; FIRST AID; GUIDELINES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION; SEIZURES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34250677695     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073807303066     Document Type: Review

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