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Seize The Day: The Importance of Epilepsy Awareness
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Seize The Day:
The Importance of Epilepsy Awareness
By: Jacob Torok
Future Plans
Thank You!
Personal Statement
Epiphanies
Societal Impact
- Acronym: B.L.T.911
- Epilepsy Awareness Day
Epilepsy
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Autism Spectrum Disorders
+
Parkinson's Disease
+
Multiple Sclerosis
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Cerebral Palsy
Subduing the Shaking
How are you supposed to help someone who is having a seizure?
Common medications include:
- Left blank- 5
- They don't know- 25
- Call 911- 13
- Didn't make sense- 9
- Somewhat Correct/Correct- 13
- Keppra
- Depakote
- Lamictal
- Zonegram
DO NOT!
Only 13 of 65 students had the knowledge to prevent a serious injury or death of an epileptic.
Spreading the Word
Obstacles
Famous Epileptics
- Reaching target audience
Over 57 medications for epilepsy
- Lil Wayne
- Prince
- Danny Glover
- Elton John
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Vincent Van Gogh
- Alexander The Great
- Lay person on back/stomach
- (lead to hypoxia)
- Put object in person's mouth
- Force person's mouth open
- Forcibly hold person down
- Leave person unattended
- Give person food or water
- (unless fully alert)
Partial Seizures
What To Do
Tonic-Clonic Seizure
- Less severe
- Affects one part of brain
- Sometimes still conscious
- Includes:
- Complex
- Simple
- Stay calm
- Keep time
- Lay person on their side
- Cushion their head
- Call 911
- Let them go through it
Survey
65 students
Side-Effects
- How many people in the U.S. do you think have epilepsy?
- Would you be able to tell if a person was having an epileptic seizure?
- How are you supposed to help someone who is having a seizure?
Be calm
Lay them down
Time the seizure
911
- Acts of aggression
- Lack of concentration
- Weight gain
- Weight loss
- Hand tremors
- Kidney stones
Closing Reflection
Generalized Seizures
Statistics
- More Severe
- Affects whole brain
- Unconscious
- Includes:
- Myoclonic
- Tonic-Clonic
- 1 in 26 people diagnosed in their life
- 150,000 Americans diagnosed every year
- 2.5 to 3 million in U.S. have epilepsy
- Often diagnosed in childhood or elderly age
Complex Seizure
Thesis
The Cold Hard Truth
Raising awareness about proper treatment for a person during an epileptic seizure can prevent serious injury or even death.
- Death can occur in epilepsy
- Common cause is S.U.D.E.P.
- About 3,000 epileptics die yearly of S.U.D.E.P.
- Can also die from prolonged seizures
- 22,000 to 42,000 deaths in the U.S. year of prolonged seizures
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