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Epilepsy is a common chronic brain disorder with a prevalence of about 7 per 1,000 people worldwide 1. While the cornerstone of the treatment of epilepsy is drug therapy with antiseizure medications (ASMs), about one-third of people with epilepsy (PWE) do not respond to ASMs 2. Epileptic seizures occur unpredictably; these seizures are associated with increased risks of morbidity (e.g., ictal injury) 3 and mortality (sudden unexpected death in epilepsy) 4. Therefore, knowing how to help a person experiencing a seizure is very important, and the lack of such knowledge may increase the potential for injury and even death for people with seizures 5.