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Status Epilepticus

Learn about the physiology and medical therapy for patients with status epilepticus.

Released:

September 1, 2012

Audience:

Physicians, Emergency Medical Technicians, Medical Students, Paramedics

Learning Objectives

  • Define status epilepticus using modern, time‑based criteria

  • Explain why seizures longer than five minutes require urgent treatment

  • Describe glutamate‑mediated excitotoxic brain injury in status epilepticus

  • Apply pharmacologic principles to time‑sensitive seizure management

  • Justify early, adequately dosed benzodiazepine use despite respiratory risk

Author(s)

Sally Vitali, MD

Medical Director, Medical Surgical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) | Boston Children's Hospital 

Senior Associate in Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology | Critical Care and Pain Medicine | Boston Children's Hospital 

Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia | Harvard Medical School


Traci Wolbrink, MD, MPH

Co-Director, OPENPediatrics; Co-Director, Center for Educational Excellence and Innovation; Program Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship; Senior Associate in Critical Care Medicine | Boston Children’s Hospital

Associate Professor of Anaesthesia | Harvard Medical School

Citation

Vitali S, Wolbrink TA. Status Epilepticus. 9/2012. Online Video. OPENPediatrics. https://learn.openpediatrics.org/learn/course/internal/view/elearning/3061/status-epilepticus.

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