Special Considerations and Potential Complications of Seizures (Nursing)

00:00 Let’s take a look at just some of the potential complications with a seizure.

00:15 So, we’ve talked about earlier, injury and especially to the head.

00:16 Now, respiratory compromise is also something that can be very serious.

00:19 I particularly as a nurse had a patient have a really bad seizure and the patient had really severe respiratory compromise and that turned into a pretty scary situation.

00:29 So, why calling for help was, so, important to get other providers there to help me.

00:33 Also don’t forget that the patient can have a decreased mental capacity, so, we really need to make sure that we provide ongoing monitoring.

00:41 And lastly, don’t forget about aspiration.

00:44 Now, this is a really big problem because this can happen during the actual seizure itself.

00:50 Now, sometimes we don’t know a patient’s aspirates and this can potentially cause problems later in the hospitalization for the patient.