sajed Shared "Seizure " - 13 Picmonics
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Seizure
- Maintain Airway
- Side-lying Position
- Support Head
- Move to Floor
- Benzodiazepines
- Considerations
- Never Restrain
- No Objects in Mouth
- Document Details
- Reduce Environmental Stimuli
- Identify Triggers
- Aura
- Pad Side Rails
- Bed Lowest Position
- Oxygen and Suction Available
- Consideration
- Monitor Therapeutic Drug Levels
- Epilepsy
- Prevention
- Prevention
- Avoid Brain Injuries
- Avoid Triggers
- Treatments
- Treatments
- Anticonvulsant Therapy
- Ketogenic Diet
- Surgical intervention
- Notify provider
- Seek Medical Attention
- First seizure
- High temperatures
- Anticonvulsant toxicity
- Second seizure follows
- Lasts longer than 5 minutes
- Breathing or consciousness does not return
- Tonic-Clonic
- Tonic
- Clonic
- Absence (Petit Mal)
- Myoclonic
- Atonic
- Partial (Focal) Seizure
- Focal Aware (Formerly Called Simple Partial)
- Focal Impaired Awareness (Formerly Called Complex Partial)
- Indications
- First Line Tonic-Clonic Seizure Treatment
- Bipolar Disorder
- Migraine Prophylaxis
- Mechanism of Action
- Increases GABA Concentration
- Blocks Voltage-Gated Na+ Channels
- Side Effect
- GI Distress
- Contraindication
- Contraindicated in Pregnancy
- Mechanism of Action
- SV2A Receptor Antagonist
- Modulates GABA and Glutamate
- Inhibits Voltage-Gated Ca2+ Channels
- Indication
- Partial (Focal) Seizures
- Tonic-Clonic Seizures
- Myoclonic Seizures
- Side Effects
- Psychiatric Symptoms
- Lethargy
- Headache
- Contraindications
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Indications
- Status Epilepticus
- Tonic-Clonic Seizures
- Mechanism of Action
- Blocks Na+ Channel Activation
- Inhibition of Glutamate Release
- Class IB Antiarrhythmic
- Side Effects
- Teratogenic
- Macrocytic Megaloblastic Anemia
- Induce Cytochrome P450
- Drug-induced Lupus
- Neuropathy
- Hirsutism
- Gingival Hyperplasia
- Indications
- First Line Absence Seizure Treatment
- Mechanism of Action
- Blocks Thalamic T-Type Ca2+ Channels
- Side Effects
- Stevens-Johnson Syndrome
- Fatigue
- Diarrhea
- Mechanisms
- Increases GABA Concentration
- Inhibits GABA Degradation (Vigabatrin)
- Inhibits GABA Reuptake (Tiagabine)
- Indications
- Infantile Spasms
- Partial (Focal) Seizure
- Side Effects
- Permanent Visual Loss (Vigabatrin)
- Primary Indication
- Seizure Treatment
- Secondary Indications
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Postherpetic Neuralgia
- Bipolar Disorder
- Migraine Prophylaxis
- Characteristics
- Inhibits Voltage-Gated Ca2+ channels
- Designed as a GABA Analog
- Side Effects
- Ataxia
- Sedation
- Indications
- First-line Seizure Medication
- First Line for Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Mechanism of Action
- Stabilizes Inactive State of Na+ Channels
- Side Effects
- Stevens-Johnson Syndrome
- Induce Cytochrome P450
- Teratogen
- Hepatotoxicity
- Blood Dyscrasias
- Indications
- Seizure Treatment
- Bipolar Disorder
- Mechanism of Action
- Blocks Voltage-Gated Na+ Channels
- Side Effect
- Stevens-Johnson Syndrome
- Barb- Drug Names
- Indications
- Seizure Treatment
- Anesthesia Induction
- Mechanism of Action
- Increased Duration of Cl- Channel Opening
- Decrease Neuron Firing
- Side Effects
- Sedation
- Cardiovascular and Respiratory Depression
- CNS Depression
- P450 inducer
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