What do you do if your friend is having a n epileptic attack and foam is coming out of his mouth and nose?

Question

What was happening in his body? what should I have done? Was he breathing,(he had no pulse) but strangled at a certain point ,at what point does one die?

Answer 1

When encountering someone having a seizure many people feel ill-equipped in handling this circumstance. They forget that they already have within their possession one essential tool- common sense. The following tips below are simple, common-sense steps to take when responding to a person having a seizure. First-aid isn’t complicated, but it involves a sequence of actions and considerations which are beyond the scope of epilepsy.com. If you haven’t taken a course in first-aid and CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) you can check within your community for classes being offered.

Many seizure types-such as generalized absence seizures or complex partial seizures, which involve relatively brief episodes of unresponsiveness- don’t require any specific first-aid measures.

Stay calm

Prevent injury
During the seizure, you can exercise your common sense by insuring there is nothing within reach that could harm the person if she struck it.


Pay attention to the length of the seizure

Make the person as comfortable as possible

Keep onlookers away

Do not hold the person down
If the person having a seizure thrashes around there is no need for you to restrain them. Remember to consider your safety as well


Do not put anything in the person's mouth
Contrary to popular belief, a person having a seizure is incapable of swallowing their tongue so you can breathe easy in the knowledge that you do not have to stick your fingers into the mouth of someone in this condition.


Do not give the person water, pills, or food until fully alert

If the seizure continues for longer than five minutes, call 911

Be sensitive and supportive, and ask others to do the same
After the seizure, the person should be placed on her left side. Keep in mind there is a small risk of post-seizure vomiting, before the person is fully alert. Therefore, the person’s head should be turned so that any vomit will drain out of the mouth without being inhaled. Stay with the person until she recovers (5 to 20 minutes).


The person is unlikely to die from the seizure itself. A problem could be if they're somewhere unsafe when it happens.

Answer 2

The foam is just his natural gastric secretions. The important thing is to keep his mouth open-you can do this by wrapping a spoon or any utensil with a small towel or hanky and insert it in his mouth. This is to keep him from biting his tongue while convulsing and maintaining a patent airway. Turn his head to his side so he doesn't aspirate his secretions. If he aspirates, then he might die. The attack usually lasts a few seconds only (unless it is a status epilepticus) so try as much as possible to keep him from hitting any hard objects around him while having the attack but not to the point of restraining him. After the attack, he will be limp and appear lifeless but he is not. Make him comfortable and call his doctor ASAP or take him to the ER. The important thing is for you not to panic-if you do, you won't be able to help him.

Answer 3

Sounds like a very serious seizure....Any time this happens call 911. All you can do during the seizure is to protect him from hurting himself by moving furniture , etc. and placing pillow under his head....do not attempt to restrain him in any way, and do not attempt to get foam out of mouth...Do not place anything in his mouth because you could get bit hard...If at any time he quits breathing and his heart stops, start CPR, only after seizure is complete.......If you don't know CPR, the red cross teaches it....Try to keep accurate time of the seizure, this is important.....Many things can happen during a seizure: a stroke, a heart attack, stop breathing, aspirate their own phlem and get pneumonia, many things, so always call 911...............

Answer 4

medically speaking nothing
unless u know how to affix a iv line
and have a supply of diazepm
and other antiepileptic medications

usully if th patient is already a seizure case
it would have occured because the patient forgot
to take his daily dose
if u can, administer his dose in between the seizure( not during it)
making sure u have got him in sitting position andwith minimum water else u will drown him/her

all one can probably do is keep the patient away from harming himself
call a dr
and in case u know cpcr ( in which case i doubt u would ask this question ) make sure that his tongue is not blocking his breathing pathway
in simple ords roll him/her to one side

its scary to watcha seizure
so get help- just scream your head off

Answer 5

It does not constantly take place. even regardless of the indisputable fact that it particularly is similiar to drooling (once you sleep). attempt no longer swolloing for a on the same time as and go away your mouth open. wager you start to dribble in saliva. comparable concept. human beings do no longer constantly foam on the mouth for a heart attack.