Seizure Crossword

3. something you would want to monitor in the patients blood work
5. The recovery and altered state of consciousness phase immediately following a seizure
6. over-riding nursing priority and focus during any seizure episode
7. safety equipment that is part of your safety check that is important if your patient is a seizure risk
9. PADS, A protective nursing intervention applied to bed side rails to prevent patient injury
11. Brief muscle twitching type of seizure
13. A warning sign or subjective sensory experience preceding a seizure by some often manifests as strange light or smell
15. Rhythmic repetitive jerking muscle movements

1. The specific lobe of the brain most commonly associated with focal impaired awareness seizures
2. A chronic neurological disorder characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures
4. The cranial nerve targeted by an implantable stimulator device (VNS) for seizure control
7. EPILEPTICUS, A life-threatening medical emergency involving a prolonged or continuous seizure lasting longer than 5-10 minutes
8. A rapid-acting benzodiazepine used as a rescue medication for acute seizures
10. seizure characterized by sudden muscle stiffening and rigidity
12. An older clinical term used to describe a generalized tonic-clonic seizure
14. A seizure originating within a localized specific area of one brain hemisphere