Tonic clinic seizure no hx of seizure

[Islandpearl]

Hi, I am currently a student nurse and had a patient who had 2 minor seizures then a clonic tonic seizure. The pt had no hx of seizure but had head and body trauma. Coming on shift the pt had ppor 02 sat I put pt on 5L nasal prongs to stablize 02 amd kept monitoring. And after the first small seizure I started neuro vitals. The pt affect and loc began to tank throughout day.when I saw the pt go in to a tonic clinic seizure nd go cyanotic I kind of paniked and hit a code blue, laid bed down and got 02 mask.My rn at the time was on the phone to the Dr notifying him the pt had already had 2 seizures and only pain meds ordered The code team came so fast and pt transferred to ICU. I am just wondering if I did the right thing g by calling a code blue. I'm inexperienced with seizures and am wondering if there was anything else I should have done differently from experienced nurses

[JKL33]

It would've been prudent to inform the physician of the initial seizure activity, and all negative changes in condition.

[Sour Lemon]

Hi, I am currently a student nurse and had a patient who had 2 minor seizures then a clonic tonic seizure. The pt had no hx of seizure but had head and body trauma. Coming on shift the pt had ppor 02 sat I put pt on 5L nasal prongs to stablize 02 amd kept monitoring. And after the first small seizure I started neuro vitals. The pt affect and loc began to tank throughout day.when I saw the pt go in to a tonic clinic seizure nd go cyanotic I kind of paniked and hit a code blue, laid bed down and got 02 mask.My rn at the time was on the phone to the Dr notifying him the pt had already had 2 seizures and only pain meds ordered The code team came so fast and pt transferred to ICU. I am just wondering if I did the right thing g by calling a code blue. I'm inexperienced with seizures and am wondering if there was anything else I should have done differently from experienced nurses

...sounds more like a rapid response, to me. A code blue would be appropriate if the patient stopped breathing and had no pulse.

[meanmaryjean, DNP, RN]

Bottom Line: The patient got the help he needed.

You will be able to think better as you get more experience.

That's what being a student is all about- learning how to deal with things as they come up.