Rescue Medications

Seizure Rescue Medications in the Hospital

• When your child is in the hospital, their care team will be ready to order seizure rescue medications, if needed.
• The rescue medication used in the hospital might be different from what you use at home. We are happy to explain why this change might be necessary.
• If your child is followed by an outpatient URMC provider, the rescue medication plan should be visible to our care team in their medication list and/or neurology notes.

Communicate With Your Child's Care Team

• We recommend that you always have a list of your child’s current medications with you.
• Please share any concerns you or your child may have with our seizure rescue medication plan.
• At the beginning of your stay, let the care team know what your child’s seizure events may look like.
• When you are in the hospital with your child, please let your child’s nurse know right away if you see seizure symptoms.
• Let the care team know if you need any support during a seizure event.

Alert the Care Team of Seizures

• When your child comes to the hospital, we will ask what role you would like to take in monitoring and documenting seizures.
• In the hospital, if you are in your child’s room when a seizure begins, alert your care team. Use the red button (call bell), the long term monitoring (LTM) alert button, or tell a nurse.
• Timing is important when giving seizure rescue medications. But, there may be delays in getting the medications. These delays are usually related to ordering, preparing, and delivering them to your child’s room.
• Our goal is for everyone in the hospital to know how to care for children with epilepsy and seizures.