Seizure Management (S1:E9)

In this episode, Amy Brooks-Kayal, MD, discusses acute seizure management. The conversation includes the importance of gathering a detailed history of a seizure event, identifying provocations of a seizure and options for anti-seizure and rescue medications.

Dr. Brooks-Kayal is the Chief of the Pediatric Neurology, Co-Director of the Translational Epilepsy Research Program and past president of the American Epilepsy Society.

In this episode:

• Responding to a patient's first seizure
• Importance of a detailed history of a seizure event
• Identifying provocations of a seizure
• Neurological examination
• Focal onset versus a generalized seizure
• Chances of seizure reoccurrence
• Anti-seizure and rescue medications
• Managing the anxiety of families
• Basic seizure safety
• Current research into pediatric epilepsy