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  1. Faking seizures?

    Grodo posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Hello everyone, I came with a question I've been asking myself for a few days ... maybe someone here can help. I work at an adult education center (disclaimer: not a nurse!).There is a studentl...

  2. Faking seizures?

    Grodo replied to Grodo's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I realize now that I may have come in here with a very unfair characterization of my student, but I feel like this one is even more unfair. She is not the type of person who milks her disability...

  3. Faking seizures?

    Grodo replied to Grodo's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    At this point, neither do I. That is pretty much exactly what the student said to me, the first time I asked her why she prefers not to have EMS involved. Sarcasm included. The truth is, in many...

  4. Faking seizures?

    Grodo replied to Grodo's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    No doubt. But I mean things like how spasticity affects movement, and that it can cause muscle and bone contractures in the long run. That is something I only discovered yesterday, after someone here...

  5. Faking seizures?

    Grodo replied to Grodo's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    To be fair, I don't think she really believes this. I think it's become a running joke between her and some of her friends/confidants. It's pretty clear that she hates hospitals, and she's willing to...

  6. Faking seizures?

    Grodo replied to Grodo's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't for a minute believe that she would ever go to court trying to blame us for the consequences of one of her seizures. if she'd been the type to do that, I'm sure she would have found a reason...

  7. Faking seizures?

    Grodo replied to Grodo's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    @ixchel: I believe, going by my newly gained knowledge of different types of seizure activity, that your description of walking into an ER while having an active seizure, means your seizures are...

  8. Faking seizures?

    Grodo replied to Grodo's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Oh, no. She is without question one of the brightest people I've ever met. She joked once that she probably knows more about medicine than many first-year residents do. I believe her. She basically...

  9. Faking seizures?

    Grodo replied to Grodo's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I *have* asked the student why she doesn't want EMS involved. Basically, her story is that every time someone calls an ambulance, it means a doctor in the ED (she calls them student-sorcerers) will...

  10. Faking seizures?

    Grodo replied to Grodo's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We do have one. It states, literally: "Emergency Medical Services should be contacted in all situations that are deemed, by any member of the staff, to be a genuine emergency." That still leaves me...

  11. Faking seizures?

    Grodo replied to Grodo's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well, if I should respect her wishes *not* to be confronted with EMS in most cases, then I would like to know when I *do* call EMS. If I ask the student, she'll give me some variation on "when I'm...

  12. Faking seizures?

    Grodo replied to Grodo's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I appreciate the comments from people who have experience with clients who have both CP and epilepsy. I am just a teacher, not a medical professional. But knowing these things puts what I've seen in...

  13. Faking seizures?

    Grodo replied to Grodo's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    @dishes: That could be true. But her elevated muscle tone gets much, much worse after she's had a seizure. Under normal circumstances, she has almost no impairment in her upper limbs. Not that I...

  14. Faking seizures?

    Grodo replied to Grodo's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Hi enuf, Actually, the person I am talking about is an adult, and she seems to have no family. Of course everyone has family, but you know what I mean: estranged from her parents, no partner, no...

  15. Faking seizures?

    Grodo replied to Grodo's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I imagine, then, that anyone can also say they are having a "pseudo-seizure" instead of faking it. Mind you, after hearing all of your opinions, I no longer think that this student is faking it. I'm...

  16. Faking seizures?

    Grodo replied to Grodo's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    @blondy: No. As per privacy law, we can only ask about medical history before taking people on an overnight trip, which happens sometimes in compulsory education, but never (or almost never) with us....

  17. Faking seizures?

    Grodo replied to Grodo's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OK, so the prevailing wisdom seems to be that for whatever reason, she's probably having pseudo-seizures, and that those should be taken seriously too. Noted. Thanks for your responses. I just don't...

  18. Faking seizures?

    Grodo replied to Grodo's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    @SubSippi: she's told me that she has tonic-clonic seizures. I also know that she had a brain biopsy done recently. Or in any case, she's been coming to school wearing a hat for a week or two, and our...