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That is the point, none of us are politicians, we are health care providers. If we do not fight for what we know is right, then who will ???????? We can choose to hope that big-pharma gives us the silver bullet one day in the future, or we can work to do what we know works. It's funny fire departments, EMS departments, and Hospitals have no problem budgeting for a new ladder truck, a new ambulance, or a bond referendum to expand facilities, but we can't seem to find the money to do what we know will save the most lives. How many more lives would be saved by $500k of community defibrilators, versus a new ladder truck, some new ambulances, or a new outpatient center ??

Oh I agree with that part of the arguement. There should be some type of bridge program like we have for Paramedic to RN, for all veterans (whether its medical, firefighting, police, driving 18-wheelers ---- they have shown the capacity to do a version of that work in the most horrible conditions --- there should be a way for them to transition to a civilian career over here, but it shouldn't be automatic, there has to be some instruction). I was responding to his earlier rants and raves, I missed the post where he apologized and mentioned his temper. Thank you for your service GHOST.

Even people in a postictal state can respond to their name. I don't hear anything unusual in the way you explain her seizures and postictal period. I really can't find anything in your description that can't be explained. For brain biopsies, they are doing needle and sterotactic biopsies which are outpatient procedures. They are also using a technique called minimal shave method, where they shave a half-inch square area. Some people just have bad protoplasm and she could be one of them. People with CP tend to have a lot of other bad things going on.

She doesn't sound like your typical person faking seizures. Without medical training I would recommend you not try to determine if they are fake or not. Assume they are real and treat her as you are supposed to. Many people can tell when they are about to have a seizure so she may know one is coming and put herself into the wheelchair so she doesn't fall. When you say that it took X amount of time for them to "come out of it," do you mean they were postictal? If so, everyone is different. I wouldn't find it suspicious for a 15 min positical period. The paramedic may have been asking those questions just to get a full assessment and had no ill thoughts.