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Journal Entry London 2017

March 2, 2017 By mikaylaparsons

At Harington Scheme, many of the students/learners face difficult learning and physical disabilities that must be kept track of by the staff. For example, one of the leaners has pretty extreme epilepsy, which requires high doses of prescription medication to keep under control. On a weekly basis, they have mild, non-violent seizures that last about 2-3 minutes each. Monday morning, however, they had two seizures in a row, with the second being quite violent and extensive. I grew up with a paramedic for a father, and knew that allowing someone to seize without seeking medical assistance could cause serious brain damage, and thus suggested to the manager that we call an ambulance. At first, she refused because then she would have to write an incident report, making the college look bad/poorly managed. After about 10 minutes of the learner seizing and relentless convincing from me, she decided to call for help, and when the learner got to the hospital, we discovered his GP had severely changed his medication dosage to a point where it was no longer controlling the seizures at all. The entire situation made me extremely stressed and anxious; watching someone seize as their caretaker refuses to call for help as it might be slightly bad for the college’s ‘reputation’ does not serve as a positive work environment/situation. The manager most certainly should have listened to me once the student began seizing for the second time, and put the interests of the college behind instead of before the health and wellbeing of a learner. I, however, should have more calmly explained the importance of calling an ambulance for moderate to severe seizures, as I did not do this particularly well in the moment.

Filed Under: London Spring 2017

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