Rescue Medication for Acute Repetitive Seizures in the EMU: A Multi-center Survey and Expert Consensus of Best Practices

What is your age?

What best describes you?

What is your primary practice population?

What is your primary practice base?

What percentage of your workday is spent on people with epilepsy (PWE)?

Do you work at a National Association of Epilepsy Centers-accredited center?

If yes, do you work at an NAEC level 3 or 4?

How often do you attend in the epilepsy monitoring unit (EMU)?

What percentage of your PWE would you estimate are prescribed an immediate-use rescue (seizure) medication for home use by you before they are admitted to the EMU for long-term video electroencephalogram monitoring (LTVEM)?

Have you ever had the presurgical evaluation of a patient with drug resistant focal epilepsy compromised (abbreviated) due to seizure clusters during LTVEM in the EMU?

Have you monitored a PWE who experienced a serious injury as a consequence of a seizure cluster during LTVEM in the EMU?

Have you had patients who needed to be transferred to higher level care (ICU or stepdown unit) as a result of experiencing a seizure cluster in the EMU?

If there was an expert consensus recommendation to prescribe an immediate-use rescue medication during EMU stay for LTVEM, is it likely you would follow this recommendation?

What defines a seizure cluster at your center prompting administration of immediate-use rescue medication in the EMU? Enter in the number of seizures and number of hours that best define a seizure cluster.

Do you create a seizure action plan or revise an existing seizure action plan when a PWE is discharged from the EMU after LTVEM?