[_corbett]

Echo this, recently a friend had an epileptic seizure in Switzerland and they not only wouldn't come right away, they made me very carefully justify why I thought they should come. It's my new rule not to assume this...

[thisrod]

Good for them. Epileptic seizures aren't usually life-threatening.

[_corbett]

Sorry-we had no idea of that not being professionals and she was blue and seemed not to be breathing. It turned out to be OK after the fact but at the time....

[csomar]

No. They can be. The probability is low, but during the Epilepsy the patient can injure himself.

[robflynn]

Quite true. There are all sorts of pointy and/or hard things around that you don't notice until someone is having a seizure.