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Last week we delivered our revised HST teaching day focused on mental health-related presentations in the ED. This blog contains a full teaching package needed to run an enjoyable training day.
18-year-old (???) male, tonic clonic seizure >20 minutes. Unresponsive. Known cerebral palsy and epilepsy.
Status Epilepticus is generally defined as any single or multiple convulsions lasting 30 minutes or more.
Febrile Convulsions are generalised seizures affecting 1 in 20 children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years.
A 46-year-old man who has been admitted to EDU on an alcohol pathway. He has been on the ward for a few hours to sober up.
A 1-year-old is brought in by ambulance after he started fitting at home. Paramedics have given one dose of Diazepam.
An 8-month-old baby girl is carried into the ED by her mother after a reported fit at home.
27-year-old female. 33/40 primigravida, brought in by ambulance. She has been fitting for 10 mins.
