Scare at work
I look over to see one of my coworkers seizing with my boss trying to keep her still so she doesn't bang into the mailboxes. Within minutes the nurses and other clinical staff members come around the corner. She seized for over 2 minutes before the paramedics arrived. Fortunately, our building is directly in front of the nearest hospital. So, needless to say, it was an extremely scary thing to have happened. I still feel a bit uneasy. |
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a gran mal seizure os one of the worse things to have to watch. my daughter had a few growing up and they always shook us more than they did her. when she moved to DC and started riding the metro to work she called one day - all upset becasue someone on the train had one and it freaked her out. She said they were much easier to have than to watch  she is a little odd.  |
| Witnessing a seizure is a lot scarier than seizing. I've done both.
The most important thing to do as a co-worker is not to treat this person "differently". She's still the same person that she was before the seizure. Maybe the stress of the job brought the episode on, maybe she was late in taking her meds, maybe her current meds just stopped working. Could be several reasons... Be there for her if she wants to talk about it but don't "interrogate" her about her condition. Put yourself in her position and think of how you would feel under the same circumstances. Never try to hold a seizing person down but do try to keep them out of harms way. Being in a health care facility you've probably witnessed things much worse than a seizure even though you're on the phones rather than the floor. 
Now, take a deep breath and calm down. Sounds like you did just fine.  |
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