Understanding Seizures

Course overview

This course provides learners with the knowledge and skills you need to ensure you are complying with your legal responsibilities in relation to supporting children and vulnerable people with their health and wellbeing. It provides information on the various types of seizures, how to recognise the various types and how to respond appropriately. Staff need to gain the knowledge and skills included in this course to help them to successfully protect the people that they work with from serious harm, injury or illness.

Aims and objectives

• To recognise when someone is having a seizure
• To respond appropriately and keep vulnerable people safe
• To help to provide support to others when someone is having a seizure
• Provide learners with the knowledge to provide after care
• Should encourage learners to be aware of the correct procedures to follow before, during and after seizures of various types