Create Your Own Seizure Action Plan for #SAPAW2021

 From Child Neurology Foundation

It's Seizure Action Plan Awareness Week (February 8th -14th) and if you don't have a seizure action plan in place yet, now is as good a time as any to prepare one! A Seizure Action Plan (SAP) contains tailored guidelines on how to respond during a seizure, based on a person’s medical history. It includes health and medical information specific to the person and helps others recognize seizures and the appropriate steps to take to keep him or her safe from injury or damage caused by prolonged seizures. Anyone living with epilepsy needs a seizure action plan – especially those with new-onset epilepsy and those with ongoing frequent seizures who had more than one seizure in the previous year.

How to create your own Seizure Action Plan: Visit SeizureActionPlans.org to learn more about what you should include in your plan and who to share your plan with. Use a template to create your individualized plan, such as: Seizure Action Plan Coalition's Seizure Emergency Plan (SEP) Child Neurology Foundation SAP for children (also available in Spanish here) Child Neurology Foundation SAP for school (also available in Spanish here) Find more tools and templates are here. Discuss the content of your SAP with your neurologist and have him or her help you develop a treatment plan for emergencies. Make a list of people who need to know about your seizures (caregivers, school personnel, healthcare workers, extended family, co-workers), give each of them a copy, and make sure to always keep a copy with the patient. Help raise awareness with the hashtag #SAPAW2021 on social media.

The Seizure Action Plan (SAP) Coalition, leading this awareness iniatitive, was formed in 2020 by the Dravet Syndrome Foundation, the Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Foundation, and the Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance.