Stranger seizure in the wild
Last weekend I went to a local outdoor festival thing with tons of booths. I'm there for no more than 10 minutes and I hear a rhythmic choking sound behind me. Turn around and a man is down on the ground, on his side, seizing, wife behind his head. I pass the kids off to husband and kneel kinda in front them, with some space but still trying to block as much of passer-bys view as possible.
I ask the woman if he has rescue meds. Yes, diazepam, but they left them at home, he was only diagnosed officially 4 days earlier (at some point she mentions it took 5 month from first big seizure to get into the neurologist just these last two weeks, I rage internally for them).
I ask how long he's been down, 2 minutes and his lips are starting to turn blue and his mouth is bleeding. I ask coworkers guy if 911 has been called and he points to neighbor booth and says they did.
I offer to her if he doesn't come around in the next minute she can have 2 of my daughters Valtoco's that I have in a bag in wearing if she wants them. (ONLY BECAUSE HE'S ACTIVELY TURNING BLUE AND I CAN'T HEAR SIRENS) I go ahead and get them out. Confirm AGAIN that ems as already been called. Tell her she did a good job, she's done everything exactly like us support people are supposed to. Right as we are starting to tare the corner of the first spray he relaxes.
There is a coworker guy getting close to his front and I Gently tell coworker he might be confused and altered as he wakes up, give him space, don't touch yet. (Wife confirmes he was very altered last time) Booth next door hands me water and napkins I hand onto them. He bit his tongue pretty bad. I let wife talk to him as he comes around. He asked several times what happened, each time wife tells him he felt it coming, told her and laid down on his own.
After he's a little more aware I offer him the water and pack of tissues to rinse his mouth out.
I write my name and number on someone else's business card and put it on the table for wife later if she wants any info about the emergency med bag I made and put together or any support. He says he wants to go home, Wife wants him to wait on ems before they head home (she seems a little in shock too and probably needs a minute before she gets behind the wheel) so I back her up to buy a few minutes, "you don't have to go with them, nobody is making you go on the ambulance, but at least let them check your vitals and get you one of those nice snap cool packs before y'all walk back to the parking lot"
He's able to lean up on and arm, and drink some water. I tell them "I know y'all are new to this, so your neurologist will really want to know about this, remember to call him when you get home, I'll go now, good luck, y'all did well."
_ Honestly, was it too much? Should I have left them alone to deal with it? Did I do anything wrong? _ ((Other than offering the rescue meds, I know that's tricky, complicated, has issues, but he was actively turning blue, and my daughter's are toddler doses(5mg), if anything it might not have been strong enough. Case by case if someone is actively risking brain damage due to hypoxia I can't stand there with possible help in my bag and watch it happen and everyone is gonna feel differently about that part)) Is there anything I forgot that I should have done?