The Cellar - Two Year Old Suffers Seizure, Next Door

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Originally Posted by glatt (Post 813628)

I think you just pump like crazy and don't breath for 'em.

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr (Post 813683)

...ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' alive, stayin' alive...

I guess the thinking is that there's enough oxygen still in the blood, ya just gotta circulate that blood.

This is correct. Unless you are certified and acting in that capacity (have a breathing mask etc), it is recomended to just keep doing the compressions. Not whilst the patient is having a seizure, though. Just afterwards, if there is no pulse. If there is pulse but no breathing, then you check the airway and you might consider rescue breathing if you have an appropriate protective barrier. But generally seizure victims will start breathing again once the seizure passes.