Home and Workplace Safety

Staying Safe at Home

Have you prepared for a seizure emergency in your home? Select an item or area in the home below to view a helpful tip about staying safe.

Be sure to take note of these tips so you can make your home more safe.

Have you prepared for a seizure emergency in your workplace? Here are some ideas about safety in the workplace:

Make sure that coworkers know you have epilepsy and know what to do if you have a seizure
Avoid work that involves heights, being over water, using heavy machinery, or being exposed to extreme heat or fire
Try to keep regular work hours and a regular sleep schedule to maintain a healthy lifestyle
Use safety guards and other automatic shutoffs if working with machinery or power tools

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Create a Seizure Action Plan in case anyone needs to help you when you have a seizure.
You can download a handy Seizure Action Plan.
2 Make a list of people who need to know about your seizures. This includes family, friends, and coworkers.
3 Make sure these people know you have a plan and what to do if you have a seizure. The plan will help them help you, by giving them a list of who to call, your doctor’s name, your medications, and lots of other information.

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