Melclin
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We have closed circuits with soft bags which allow the pt to breath spontaneously and for you to monitor the Vt, resp rate. This has been, and is, my preference +/- a nasal airway.
I suppose a BVM would do if I didn't have anything else, but its never crossed my mind.
A first aid course? You don't think that maybe there might be some differenced between first aid for the lay person and professional management of a seizure? These people who say there is nothing to do for seizure pts, are they not even advocating supplemental oxygen?
I went to a bloke two months ago, seizure disorder since having a stroke several years ago, he'd vomited a lot when we arrived and was continuously seizing. He continued to vomit periodically throughout the seizure. It was a nightmare airway to manage. So this is rare? That's good to hear.
I suppose a BVM would do if I didn't have anything else, but its never crossed my mind.
A first aid course? You don't think that maybe there might be some differenced between first aid for the lay person and professional management of a seizure? These people who say there is nothing to do for seizure pts, are they not even advocating supplemental oxygen?
Usually supine. If you're on scene, one would most likely have access to some form of suction. Also, despite my loathing of anecdotal evidence, I can't recall having ever seen a seizure patient (other than toxic or traumatic seizures) spontaneously vomit in 15 years.
I went to a bloke two months ago, seizure disorder since having a stroke several years ago, he'd vomited a lot when we arrived and was continuously seizing. He continued to vomit periodically throughout the seizure. It was a nightmare airway to manage. So this is rare? That's good to hear.