Epilepsy
Awareness / Seizure Management & Employment (4
hours)
 Duration: 4 hours
Delegates:Those who employ and support
adults and young people.
- Definition of epilepsy
- Epilepsy the facts
- Classification and management of seizures with
supportive video footage
- When to call an ambulance
- Triggers and precipitants
- Need to know points
- Observing and recording
- Status epilepticus
- Epilepsy and behaviour
- Epilepsy and mortality
- Psychosocial workshop
- Employment workshop with relevant scenarios
- The Disability Discrimination at Work Act in relation
to epilepsy
- Risk assessment, main points
- Conclusion
- Evaluation and close
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will gain understanding of and confidence in
the management of different seizure types
- All will be able to recognise the emergency situation
and act as appropriate
- Students will appreciate the importance of accurate
recording of seizures and good communication with relevant
others
- To enable students to develop a greater understanding
of risk assessment, and assimilate this information to
their individual working environments
- Training will facilitate best practice and ensure that
all will have the practical skills and knowledge to provide
a safe, effective environment for people with epilepsy
- An appreciation of the psychosocial and employment
implications of epilepsy will be encouraged
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