Publish date: 23 March 2023
26 March is Purple Day, the international day for Epilepsy Awareness. There are increasing numbers of people within our services with a diagnosis of epilepsy.
Would you know how to recognise seizures or administer emergency medication if prescribed?
Full day training is available and accessed through the prospectus section 4.
Did you know?
- Epilepsy is the most common serious neurological condition
- It affects 50 million people worldwide with 600,000 in the UK
- 87 people are diagnosed with epilepsy every day, people with epilepsy will have seizures
- Nerve cells in the brain speak to each other via electrical signals and when the electrical signals are disrupted a seizure occurs.
For more information contact clinicalskillsteam
