Vein finder use with Epileptic patients

Epilepsy is a central nervous system (neurological) disorder in which brain activity becomes abnormal, causing seizures or periods of unusual behaviour, sensations, and sometimes loss of awareness.

The signs and symptoms of a seizure can be quite varied. During a seizure, some people with epilepsy simply stare blankly for a few seconds, while others twitch their arms or legs repeatedly. A single seizure does not necessarily indicate epilepsy. An epilepsy diagnosis usually requires at least two unprovoked seizures

Seizures can affect any process your brain coordinates because epilepsy is caused by abnormal activity in the brain. The following are some examples of seizure signs and symptoms:

• Temporary confusion
• A staring spell
• Uncontrollable jerking movements of the arms and legs
• Loss of consciousness or awareness
• Psychic symptoms such as fear, anxiety or deja vu

In such cases and some other cases such as patients with special needs ( handicapped) Who suffers epilepsy, vein finders are definitely life-saving, especially in the setting of Emergency Medical Services (EMS), including ambulance services, where there is no time to waste on unsuccessful injections, especially when the medical staff/nurses is doing everything they can to relieve the patients’ pain.

For instance, the Portable Infrared Vein finder: SIFVEIN-5.0 can project the blood vessels image on the skin surface accurately and timely. With a lightweight design that makes it very comfortable to hold.

SIFVEIN-5.0 help doctors and nurses easily find veins of various patients, such as obese, hairy or dark skin patients, etc. It highly increases the success rate of puncture thus reduces the cost and pain.

Using vein finders significantly reduces anxiety and stress as well as reducing the time spent looking for suitable intravenous access. In cases, as Epileptic patients vein finders permit physicians to access veins easily. Most importantly medicines may be provided without general anaesthesia, which is safer and less stressful for the medical professionals, the patients and the family

References: Epilepsy, What is epilepsy?,