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Benzodiazepines (BZD) are the first line treatment for convulsive seizures [1]; however, the timing of their administration can be easily overlooked, as the current guidelines specify early administration of lorazepam only in the clinical context of status epilepticus. Convulsive Status epilepticus is defined as a seizure (monitored or unmonitored) that lasts longer than five minutes or two clinical unmonitored seizures that occur close together without recovery to baseline between the events [2–5].