Back on March 24, 2010 someone uploaded a 1:07 (1-minute 7 seconds) long video onto YouTube, titled "what not to do - epilepsy". I think, while watching the video it appeared the actresses were insulting people who have seizures, rather than following with the title of the video. Then I checked to see if the person uploaded any other videos, and found nothing. So I signed into YouTube, and said in my comment. "Just so you know, seizures do not discriminate on who has them. Your friends, loved ones, and even you or your own children may experience seizures in the future. So do you want to continue the harassment, or rather be prepared to provide first aid to someone you see having a seizure?" The uploader's response was, "it's called WHAT NOT TO DO. it was for a presentation. relax. we're nursing students and were teaching ppl WHAT NOT TO DO and what they should do. so settle urself." With that, I posted another reply, which ended being flagged as spam. And then I posted a second reply, which also ended being flagged as spam. Here's what I said in my two comments that ended being flagged as spam. The first one, "NO, none of you 4 girls are nursing students. I noticed 4 things being done that should not be done, along with 1 step being ignored, for providing proper first aid to the person who's imitating the seizure." And in the second one I said, "Trying to flag my comment as spam. Sorry, but like I said, there are 4 things being done that should not be done, and 1 step overlooked, for providing correct first aid to the person who's imitating the seizure. And I bet none of you could guess what those things I caught."
The link to the video is at http://www.youtube.
While typing up this message, I thought about creating another comment to post on YouTube about this video. This is what I said in my comment, "If your video is "for a presentation" and you're "nursing students...teaching people", then unless someone knows "what not to do", they'll have no idea about "what not to do" when they see someone having a seizure. So please, to prove you have respect for people with epilepsy, whether if it's your comments or uploading another video, inform people about "what not to do".
Now here's what I noticed while watching that video. About 23 seconds into the video when one of the four girls is imitating a seizure, there is a coffee table being ignored by not being moved away from the person who's imitating the seizure. Then about 25 seconds into the video, is when one assistant positions herself on top of the girl's legs to hold them down; with another assistant turning the girl onto her back. Those are two things on the list of WHAT NOT TO DO. From 30 to 39 seconds into the video two assistants are trying to put what they call the "blue thing" into the girl's mouth. About 47 seconds into the video, the girl imitating the seizure turns onto her right side herself, one assistant immediately repositions the girl on her back, and another assistant repeats the process of holding the girl's legs down. As the girl is coming out of the seizure about 53 seconds into the video, she turns onto her right side again, and the assistants say and reposition the girl onto her back once again.
Without any added information pointing towards what should not be ignored and what not to do, people who watch the video will remain clueless unless they already know about providing proper first aid when someone is having a seizure.
Please share your thoughts and opinions about that video and what I've said here in this posting.
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