You are called to a 45-year-old male having a generalised tonic-clonic seizure at work. Colleagues report the seizure has been ongoing for 8 minutes. ...

Question

You are called to a 45-year-old male having a generalised tonic-clonic seizure at work. Colleagues report the seizure has been ongoing for 8 minutes. He has no known epilepsy. What is the first-line pharmacological treatment?

Accepted Answer

Buccal midazolam 10 mg

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Intramuscular midazolam 10 mg

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Rectal diazepam 10 mg

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Intravenous lorazepam 4 mg

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Intravenous phenytoin 20 mg/kg

uk-dipimc MCQ (SBA): Status Epilepticus

You are called to a 45-year-old male having a generalised tonic-clonic seizure at work. Colleagues report the seizure has been ongoing for 8 minutes. He has no known epilepsy. What is the first-line pharmacological treatment?