Seizure First Aid by Jamie Wissinger from the '1 in 26' Podcast
05/05/20 • 21 min
Remove Dangerous Objects
Always Time the Seizure
If the person falls, turn them on their side
Never put anything in their mouth
As well as hosting 1 in 26, Jamie is a wife and a mama to three children and owns her own business.
She has always had seizures, from being born two months early, to not having a breakthrough seizure until age 5, then a hiatus until age 21. After having multiple seizures, in 2011, she decided to make a change. She was unhappy with the way she looked, felt, and acted. One day she decided she was no longer accepting that unhappiness and did everything she could to change her life.
And it did. Since then, she has grown mentally in ways that are amazing. Just a few years ago she was filled with self doubt, couldn’t stick up for herself, lacked confidence and was surrounded by negativity. Now, she refuses to let that negativity bother her. It will always be there, the stress and the negativity but it is not about that, it’s about how YOU react to it. It is her mission to support women who are affected by epilepsy and mentor them to pursue whatever they desire.
Taking everything with one step at a time, it is her passion to inspire women and not let their disability define who they are.
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ABOUT JAMIE:
http://jamiewissinger.com/
ABOUT THE ANITA KAUFMANN FOUNDATION:
http://www.akfus.org/
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This podcast is an independent production - costs of the show are covered by me (Fran) with the support of patrons. If you want to help support the show financially, head to patreon.com/seizeyouradventure. This will help me to continue telling stories of epilepsy in adventure.
Or, support the show for free by sharing it on socials! Find us on Instagram @seizeyouradventurepod.
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Remove Dangerous Objects
Always Time the Seizure
If the person falls, turn them on their side
Never put anything in their mouth
As well as hosting 1 in 26, Jamie is a wife and a mama to three children and owns her own business.
She has always had seizures, from being born two months early, to not having a breakthrough seizure until age 5, then a hiatus until age 21. After having multiple seizures, in 2011, she decided to make a change. She was unhappy with the way she looked, felt, and acted. One day she decided she was no longer accepting that unhappiness and did everything she could to change her life.
And it did. Since then, she has grown mentally in ways that are amazing. Just a few years ago she was filled with self doubt, couldn’t stick up for herself, lacked confidence and was surrounded by negativity. Now, she refuses to let that negativity bother her. It will always be there, the stress and the negativity but it is not about that, it’s about how YOU react to it. It is her mission to support women who are affected by epilepsy and mentor them to pursue whatever they desire.
Taking everything with one step at a time, it is her passion to inspire women and not let their disability define who they are.
LISTEN TO THE 1 in 26 Podcast
ABOUT JAMIE:
http://jamiewissinger.com/
ABOUT THE ANITA KAUFMANN FOUNDATION:
http://www.akfus.org/
SUPPORT ME with SEIZE YOUR ADVENTURE:
Become a patron to support the podcast and continue telling stories of epilepsy in adventure. Find out more and sign up at patreon.com/seizeyouradventure. You can also make a one-off donation at https://www.paypal.me/seizeyouradventure.
Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
This podcast is an independent production - costs of the show are covered by me (Fran) with the support of patrons. If you want to help support the show financially, head to patreon.com/seizeyouradventure. This will help me to continue telling stories of epilepsy in adventure.
Or, support the show for free by sharing it on socials! Find us on Instagram @seizeyouradventurepod.
Seize Your Adventure is part of the Tremula Network - adventure and outdoor podcasts off the beaten track. To find out more, head to tremula.network
Get full access to Seize Your Adventure at seizeyouradventure.substack.com/subscribe
Previous Episode
A Chat with Ian Johnston: Epilepsy, Exercise and the Psychology of Sport with Seizures
"Having a chronic condition such as epilepsy consistently prevents individuals from participating in sport. For someone with epilepsy the fear of making the condition worse, sustaining injury or even dying (Kale, 1997) are regularly quoted as reasons for very low participation levels, known to be as low as half that of the general population (Han, Choi-Kwon and Lee, 2011).”
Ian Johnston was a very active football coach and runner before he started having seizures. Then, he became one of the 80% of people with epilepsy who are sedentary.
But such a dramatic change in lifestyle prompted Ian to go to university. He wanted to study the reasons why he, and others like him, stop doing exercise when they start having seizures. We spoke about his path towards a Master in Clinical Exercise Physiology, his research and findings and how study the psychology of epilepsy and exercise helped him get back to exercise himself.
In today's episode we talk about:
- Ian's life-long love of football
- Doing the Great North Run when he was 12 years old
- Being a football coach
- Having his first seizure when his was 48
- The physical effects of epilepsy and medication
- The psychological problems returning to sports after seizures
- Deciding to do a Clinical Sports Physiology Masters when he was 49 years old
- The difficulties doing a clinical course with a sports background
- How his degree helped him understand his own epilepsy
- Learning to take blood samples and EEGs
- Why 80% of people with epilepsy are sedentary
- Developing an exercise programme for someone with epilepsy
- The results of his dissertation: "CAN A COACH INFLUENCE A RETURN TO EXERCISE FOR THOSE WITH CHRONIC CONDITIONS?"
- Plus, the footballer Leon Legge, Daniel Bedeau and more!
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MUSIC:
Tick Tick Tick by Logic Moon| Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License
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This podcast is an independent production - costs of the show are covered by me (Fran) with the support of patrons. If you want to help support the show financially, head to patreon.com/seizeyouradventure. This will help me to continue telling stories of epilepsy in adventure.
Or, support the show for free by sharing it on socials! Find us on Instagram @seizeyouradventurepod.
Seize Your Adventure is part of the Tremula Network - adventure and outdoor podcasts off the beaten track. To find out more, head to tremula.network
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Next Episode
A Chat with Annie Brooks: Swimming, Triathlons and Races with Partial Seizures
Annie Brooks, is a blogger and Youtuber from the award-winning blog Tales of Annie Bean, a website and video channel that covers fitness, travel, lifestyle and (of course) adventure!
Annie was diagnosed with epilepsy in the form of complex partial seizures back in 2012, so a lot of her blog journey has been about learning to be active with the condition. She recently took on 12 in 12 challenges to raise awareness to the condition, and hopefully inspire fellow sufferers to keep healthy and active. Beyond her condition Annie covers a lot of travel and takes herself on a variety of adventures with her husband Nick and dog Winnie.
In today's episode we talk about:
- How a blog about fashion became something very different
- The best things to do in California
- Camping in the Lake District
- Running a 10K at the Keswick Mountain Festival
- Annie's epilepsy diagnosis
- Learning to live with partial seizures
- How Annie started triathlons
- Doing 12 challenges in 12 months for epilepsy awareness
- Safely doing open water swimming with epilepsy (and why she loves it!)
- Training for an Ironman
- How having a seizure during a half marathon stuck with her
- Running the Brighton Half in a storm!
- Keeping fit in lockdown
- And much, much more!
LISTEN TO THE FULL INTERVIEW ON PATREON
SUPPORT THE PODCAST:
Become a patron to support the podcast and continue telling stories of epilepsy in adventure. Find out more and sign up at patreon.com/seizeyouradventure. You can also make a one-off donation at https://www.paypal.me/seizeyouradventure.
MUSIC:
Kev Rowe on Soundcloud | Creative Commons Attribution License
See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
This podcast is an independent production - costs of the show are covered by me (Fran) with the support of patrons. If you want to help support the show financially, head to patreon.com/seizeyouradventure. This will help me to continue telling stories of epilepsy in adventure.
Or, support the show for free by sharing it on socials! Find us on Instagram @seizeyouradventurepod.
Seize Your Adventure is part of the Tremula Network - adventure and outdoor podcasts off the beaten track. To find out more, head to tremula.network
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