This course is aimed at dental professionals. It covers the following topics related to seizures and epilepsy:
- Understanding seizures: types, causes, and symptoms
- Understanding the causes of seizures
- Understanding epilepsy: definition, seizures, prevalence, and treatment
- Signs and symptoms of seizures, including aura and during a seizure
- Understanding generalised seizures: types, symptoms, and causes
- Common triggers of seizures and how to manage them, such as stress, sleep deprivation, and alcohol
- Seizures and the importance of medical history, including questions to ask
- Managing patients with epilepsy, including a guide to managing tonic-clonic seizures
- Administering buccal midazolam and providing information to paramedics
- Aftercare following a seizure
By completing this course, dental professionals will be able to recognise and manage seizures, understand the importance of a patient’s medical history, and provide appropriate aftercare. They will also have a better understanding of epilepsy and its treatment.