Managing acute seizures: new rescue delivery option and resources to assist school nurses

P Dean, K O'Hara, L Brooks, R Shinnar… - … School Nurse, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Rectal diazepam gel was historically the only … school nurses’ knowledge of state and
school district policies and their own experiences with the administration of rectal diazepam

[HTML][HTML] Use of intranasal rescue therapy for seizure clusters in students with epilepsy: Nurses' knowledge, perceptions, and practice

N Santilli, S Dewar, C Guerra, SN Misra… - Epilepsy & Behavior …, 2023 - Elsevier
… , rectal diazepam gel was the only rescue therapy for seizure … cross-section of epilepsy
practice by US school nurses. … had experience with rectal diazepam gel rated the rectal gel as not …

Practical Questions About Rescue Medications for Acute Treatment of Seizure Clusters in Children and Adolescents with Epilepsy in the USA: Expanding Treatment …

JW Wheless, B Gidal, AL Rabinowicz, E Carrazana - Pediatric Drugs, 2024 - Springer
… may experience acute seizure emergencies such as seizure … treatment with diazepam rectal
gel for seizure clusters [32]. … School Nurses has recommended that children with seizures

A qualitative analysis of school nurses' experience caring for students with psychogenic nonepileptic events

D Terry, K Trott - The Journal of School Nursing, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
… both epileptic seizures and nonepileptic events in school. Training for the … school and
warrants study. The goals of this study were to identify how school nurses perceive the experience

[HTML][HTML] Acute abortive therapies for seizure clusters in long-term care

RE Ramsay, DA Becker, B Vazquez… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - Elsevier
… may experience prolonged seizures that … of seizure frequency, severity, and outcomes
compared with placebo. Of note, the difference in seizure recurrence between diazepam rectal gel

[HTML][HTML] Advanced Practice Provider Perspectives on Barriers to Managing Seizure Clusters

S Dewar, L Brooks, P Gibson, L Long, K O'Hara… - The Journal for Nurse …, 2023 - Elsevier
epilepsy experience acute repetitive seizures or seizure clusters … to give during a seizure
compared with diazepam rectal gel. … , school nurses and other caregivers familiar with rectal

Empowering seizure management skills: Knowledge, attitudes, and experiences of school staff trained in administering rescue drugs in Northern Italy

F Bert, E Pompili, MR Gualano, S Venuti, D Minniti… - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2021 - Elsevier
school nurse no longer exist and school staff, in general, do not receive any training on
significant diseases like diabetes, asthma, or epilepsy. … drugs, such as rectal diazepam or buccal …

Overcoming barriers to the management of seizure clusters: ease of use and time to administration of rescue medications

K O'Hara, S Dewar, G Bougher, P Dean… - Expert Review of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
… Some patients with epilepsy may experience seizure clusters (… in a school setting by the
National Association of School Nurses (… Time to administration of diazepam rectal gel was not …

Benzodiazepines for the Treatment of Seizure Clusters

PE Penovich, VR Rao, L Long, E Carrazana… - CNS drugs, 2024 - Springer
… Patients with epilepsy may experience seizure clusters, … of seizures within 6 h was 0 for
diazepam rectal gel and 2.0 for … The National Association of School Nurses recommends using …

Overcoming the challenges of developing an intranasal diazepam rescue therapy for the treatment of seizure clusters

J Cloyd, S Haut, E Carrazana, AL Rabinowicz - Epilepsia, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
… increases of seizure activity experienced while on stable … , a caregiver/care partner, school
nurses, or emergency medical … child’s school refused to administer rectal diazepam gel, citing …