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Sudden, uncontrolled electrical discharges in the brain. Epilepsy is lifelong episodes of seizures.
Anything that can cause brain swelling or hypoxia
Tonic - Tight & Tense - Tonic Clonic - convulsions, contraction - clonic clicking Tonic Clonic - tight & convulsions Atonic Myoclonic Absent - “spaced out”
Lip smacking Biting Picking
Causes
Types of Seizures
Stages or Phases of Seizure
Pathophysiology
ePILEpsi - like a PILE of seizures that come & go over a lifetime
MEMORY TRICK
Client with history of epilepsy, or a client with a VP shunt … status epilepticus. First intervention?
EXAM TIP
S tress Stimulants Sugar & Sodium LOW
Sleep deprived
Strobe lights flashing lights NCLEX TIP
Na+
Sugar
Triggers
MEMORY TRICK