Status Epilepticus — the escalation clock, minute by minute

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Status epilepticus (SE) is a continuous seizure lasting over 5 minutes, or recurrent seizures without recovery between them — a neurological emergency with mortality over 20 percent. Full topic, figures, and citations: https://medvellum.com/topics/status-epilepticus Chapters 00:00 The one-line answer 01:06 Meet the patient 01:49 Red flags 04:16 How common, how lethal 04:46 Why benzodiazepines fail the longer you wait 07:14 At the bedside — ABCDE plus the clock and glucose 08:12 Investigations — glucose first, EEG when the brain won't wake 09:42 Stage 2 — the emergent benzodiazepine 10:20 Sta…

• Duration 1:02Status Epilepticus — Stem 1 — the man from the top of the topic (answer)1 Sept 2026