SeizuresWhat to do, what not to do, and when a seizure becomes an emergency.Body & healthEducational reference for a generalised tonic-clonic seizure.1Note the timeDuration determines whether it is an emergency.2Clear the areaMove hard or sharp objects. Cushion the head.3Do not restrainNever hold them down, and never put anything in the mouth.4Recovery position afterwardsOnce movements stop and they are breathing.5Stay until they are orientedConfusion afterwards is normal and can last many minutes.CALL EMERGENCY SERVICES IFLonger than 5 minutesA second seizure follows immediatelyIt is their first ever seizureThey are injured, pregnant, or do not regain consciousnessEducational reference. Nobody can swallow their tongue. Puttinganything in the mouth causes injury.Seizureslearnposters.com
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Seizures, step by step

Educational reference for a generalised tonic-clonic seizure.

  1. Note the timeDuration determines whether it is an emergency.
  2. Clear the areaMove hard or sharp objects. Cushion the head.
  3. Do not restrainNever hold them down, and never put anything in the mouth.
  4. Recovery position afterwardsOnce movements stop and they are breathing.
  5. Stay until they are orientedConfusion afterwards is normal and can last many minutes.

Call emergency services if

  • Longer than 5 minutes
  • A second seizure follows immediately
  • It is their first ever seizure
  • They are injured, pregnant, or do not regain consciousness

Educational reference. Nobody can swallow their tongue. Putting anything in the mouth causes injury.

Questions about the Seizures poster

What’s on the Seizures poster?
5 numbered steps, with a full worked run-through. Educational reference for a generalised tonic-clonic seizure. Note the time — Duration determines whether it is an emergency.; Clear the area — Move hard or sharp objects. Cushion the head.; Do not restrain — Never hold them down, and never put anything in the mouth.; Recovery position afterwards — Once movements stop and they are breathing.; Stay until they are oriented — Confusion afterwards is normal and can last many minutes.. Educational reference. Nobody can swallow their tongue. Putting anything in the mouth causes injury.
Who is the Seizures poster for?
Seizures belongs to the Body & health section rather than to a school year, because health is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning first aid can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Seizures poster?
Protect their head and time it. Do not restrain them and do not put anything in their mouth. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Seizures belongs on the wall where that health work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Seizures?
Anaphylaxis, Bleeding & Burns and Burn Depth sit alongside Seizures in the Body & health section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.AnaphylaxisBleeding & BurnsBurn Depth
Is the Seizures poster free to download and print?
Yes. Seizures downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Body & health section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Seizures poster print at?
Seizures is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Seizures loses nothing.Printing guide

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