Hi all!
I'm brand new to the board looking for info.
As the subject says...My boss/good friend had a grand mal at work today and I was the "first responder". Sad though that may be I did the best I could/knew. It took almost an hour for him to become completely lucent again. By that time he was at the hosp. Getting taken care of.
After many hours of stress, worry and down right fear i'm feeling much better. As I was at the hosp getting looked at myself I swore to myself I would never be caught in this type of situation without knowing exactly what to do. (i had hurt my back lowering him to the floor) I decided on taking a first aid/cpr class. I've been given a couple leads but i'm curious if anyone has taken classes and where the best and least expensive places are to go.
The last time I had anything to do with seizures was 25 years ago when I was in the scouts and haven't actually had to help someone until today. I was totally unprepared for this. Not a feeling I would wish on anyone to feel totally helpless/clueless.
The only thing I really did was lower him to the floor and keep my hand betw his head and the floor in case he started to convulse hard. I later learned I didn't need to do that. Then I just stayed with him and *tryed* to calmly talk to him as he went though it. That had to be one of the hardest things for me to do this whole time was stay calm!!! Unfortunately I was the only calm one there. Which was odd...I'm normally the one to get overly excited. Anyway, very shortly after the 911 call went in rescue arrived as there is a fire station half block away. If there were any good luck in this whole story that would have to be it! All of a sudden we had umpteen different emts, medics and firefighters in a small shell gas station. (8-10 in all) it was a sight. As they came in and I was able to retrieve my hand I let them take over and again watched helplessly hoping they could take care of him and make sure he wasn't in any danger.
Any leads or tid bits of wisdom would be great!!!
In sadness,
mike
