First Aid for Epileptic Seizures

Watch the video (from 0:00 to 2:10) about how to behave when being faced a person with an epileptic seizure. Then answer the questions.

1. How many phases are experienced by a person being attacked by a tonic-clonic seizure?
   
   

2. What happens in the first phase? Choose the correct answer.
   

   1. The person will lose memory and stop talking
      

   2. The person will lose consciousness and, if standing, fall down
      

   3. The person will experience a muscle pain
      
      

3. What happens in the second phase? Choose the correct answer.
   

   1. The person's muscles jerk
      

   2. The person removes all the objects around
      

   3. The person looks for a safe place
      
      

4. Order the individual steps of the first aid:

   1. Stay with the person until the state of full consciousness
      

   2. Put something soft under the person's head
      

   3. Move the person into the recovery position
      

   4. Time the seizure
      

   5. Remove all the potentially harmful objects

1. Tick the steps that are not recommended for the first aid:

   1. Avoid inappropriate action
      

   2. Do not call an ambulance
      

   3. Do not put anything in the person's mouth
      

   4. Do not talk to the person
      

   5. Do not move any object from the immediate area
      

   6. Do not try to stop the jerking movement
      

   7. Do not move the person
      
      
      

2. Complete the situations when you need to call an ambulance:

   1. If the seizure lasts __________________ minutes.

   2. One seizure ________________ the other.

   3. If it's the person's _______________ seizure.

   4. The person is _______________.

   5. If in any _______________.