Hello everyone. I just came across a very recently uploaded video on YouTube, which is about a little girl, probably less than two years old, whose experiencing a tonic clonic seizure (old name: grand mal seizure). Most likely, the lady who's holding this little girl is probably her mother, and the guy who's recording this situation, is most likely the girl's father. Anyway, they are going through the recommended procedures in providing first aid for this little girl. The steps I noticed are: keeping her away from anything that could hurt her during the seizure; using a video camera with sound in order to record the seizure, and at some point making sure that her entire body is in the video; timing the length of the seizure; turning the girl on her side in order to prevent her from swallowing any fluid that might build up inside her mouth during the seizure; not sticking anything in her mouth; not holding her down; remaining calm throughout the entire process; holding up the little girl's head; and so on. Overall, I see that these two adults did a wonderful job at providing first aid for this little girl.

Recording videos like this can be very helpful because it can provide the patient's doctor useful information for a variety of reasons. One of those reasons can be helping the patient's doctor to make a correct diagnosis for what type of seizure(s) the patient is experiencing. Another reason, which just popped up in my mind, is giving the doctor an opportunity to see if anything was done wrong, or was possibly left out, during the time frame of when a person is providing first aid to an individual who's having a seizure.

I have no idea how long this video is going to remain on YouTube, so hopefully those of you who are reading this posting will be able to watch the video. At the moment of me posting this topic thread, the link to the website is at www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8NmeO-EMfI