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Knowing My Health Care Team



Print out a copy of My Health Care Team or review one you already have. Fill in this list as best you can and keep it handy. Take the list with you to your next office visit and fill in the blanks! Make sure you keep this up to date as you encounter new health care providers.

On the bottom of your Seizure Plan fill in the information under ‘Health Care Contacts’.

Include:

  • Epilepsy doctor: Doctor treating your seizures.
  • Nurse or other health care professional: Other health care professional you work with most frequently for your seizures
  • Name and number of preferred hospital: This may be the hospital where you receive your epilepsy care. However, if you live far away from your epilepsy team, you should have a local hospital know about your epilepsy and be able to help you in an emergency.
  • Phone number in event of a medical emergency: The number to call in case emergency medical help is needed. In many places, this may be ‘911’. However, check with your local police or rescue squad to be sure of what number to call and write it down here.
  • Primary care physician or other doctor: Put the name and phone number of your primary care doctor (family doctor, pediatrician, internist). If you don’t have a primary care doctor, put the name and number of another doctor who knows you well and can help in case of an emergency. Use this as a reminder to get a primary care doctor if you don’t have one!

Continue to Knowing My Type of Seizures

Topic Editor: Steven C. Schachter, MD and Patricia O. Shafer, RN, MN.
Last Reviewed:5/25/07


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