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How to first aid a patient having epileptic seizures ?!

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Safety: Make sure that the patient is not in a situation where he or she can hurt themselves such as by falling or hitting something hard, turn them on their side to keep tongue or other material from blocking the windpipe, call for help.

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Answered 5/2/2014

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