The handover between shifts is one of the most important moments in any care setting. For individuals with epilepsy, it is also one of the moments where information is most easily lost. A seizure that happened overnight, a missed dose, a change in behaviour, a planned medication review — all of these need to travel…

Much of the available information about seizures focuses on what to do during the seizure itself. Far less attention is given to what happens afterwards. Yet the period immediately following a seizure — known as the post-ictal phase — is when many of the most important decisions about care, observation, and escalation are made. This…