If a friend with epilepsy falls down and begins to shake during a seizure, you can help:

• Stay calm
• Move things out of the way
• Put something soft under their head
• Loosen anything tight around their neck
• Turn them gently to one side
• Don't put anything in their mouth
• Don't try to hold them down

If a friend has a seizure that looks like blank staring, loss of awareness, blinking, chewing, or other movements, you can help by:

• Staying calm and reassuring
• Guiding them away from danger or standing in front of anything hazardous
• Not trying to grab hold of them
• Staying nearby until they are fully aware again

Should you call an ambulance when someone has a seizure? You may need to if there are injuries, if the seizure lasts longer than five minutes, or if another seizure begins soon after the first. Usually, a seizure ends naturally by itself.