Get Consultant Registration Form - Administration, Monash University - Adm Monash Edu

Electroencephalogram (EEG). If you have epilepsy, it's common to have changes in your typical pattern of brain waves. These changes occur even when you're not having a seizure. Your health care provider may monitor you on video during an EEG to detect and record any seizures you experience.

If known, when the seizure started, was the person awake or asleep? Was the person restless or did they cry out before the seizure started? Was there any trigger for the seizure (such as feeling tired or stressed)? What position were they in when the seizure happened or when they were found?

Keeping a seizure journal Before the seizure — Where were you and what were you doing before the seizure? ... Date and time — Be sure to note the specific time and duration of your seizure activity. Possible triggers — Keep track of any factors that may make your seizures more likely.

The Seizure Observation Record provides a guided, detailed format to keep track of a person's seizures. This form can be used by any observer including parents, family members, caregivers, teachers, coaches, etc.

Recording as much as you can about what you or others see can really help - even if it's just the day or time it happened. The most important part of seizure recording is to find a system that works for you and is easy to use.

Tonic-clonic seizures, previously known as grand mal seizures, are the most dramatic type of epileptic seizure. They can cause a sudden loss of consciousness, body stiffening and shaking.

There are many ways of recording seizures and maintaining diaries, ranging from electronic computer or smartphone apps through to traditional paper-based journals/notebooks.

The following information should be obtained in the history: Record the patient's age. If a family history of seizures is noted, determine the clinical epilepsy syndrome of the affected family member. Ask about a history of any previous provoked seizure.

Electroencephalogram (EEG). If you have epilepsy, it's common to have changes in your typical pattern of brain waves. These changes occur even when you're not having a seizure. Your health care provider may monitor you on video during an EEG to detect and record any seizures you experience.

If known, when the seizure started, was the person awake or asleep? Was the person restless or did they cry out before the seizure started? Was there any trigger for the seizure (such as feeling tired or stressed)? What position were they in when the seizure happened or when they were found?

Keeping a seizure journal Before the seizure — Where were you and what were you doing before the seizure? ... Date and time — Be sure to note the specific time and duration of your seizure activity. Possible triggers — Keep track of any factors that may make your seizures more likely.

The Seizure Observation Record provides a guided, detailed format to keep track of a person's seizures. This form can be used by any observer including parents, family members, caregivers, teachers, coaches, etc.

Recording as much as you can about what you or others see can really help - even if it's just the day or time it happened. The most important part of seizure recording is to find a system that works for you and is easy to use.

Tonic-clonic seizures, previously known as grand mal seizures, are the most dramatic type of epileptic seizure. They can cause a sudden loss of consciousness, body stiffening and shaking.

There are many ways of recording seizures and maintaining diaries, ranging from electronic computer or smartphone apps through to traditional paper-based journals/notebooks.

The following information should be obtained in the history: Record the patient's age. If a family history of seizures is noted, determine the clinical epilepsy syndrome of the affected family member. Ask about a history of any previous provoked seizure.