Gear up for a double date you’ve never seen on Netflix: one police officer, one firefighter, each married to an epilepsy advocate. Illinois State Police Officer, Duane Chappell, and Chicago firefighter/EMT, Steve Paluck, share eye-opening insights about seizures in the field and the necessity of seizure safety training for first responders. Jessica Chappell (Duane’s better half) rejoins the podcast to share her experience as a Law Enforcement Seizure Safety Trainer and how to implement training in your community. Currently, seizure recognition and response training is not mandated for first responders. Let’s make some noise and change this!Seizure training for law enforcement in your community:https://www.epilepsy.com/programs/training-education/law-enforcementAsk your representatives to support the National Plan! Takes 2 minutes!https://www.epilepsiescaucus.org/takection

Learn more about the National Plan here:

https://www.epilepsiesactionnetwork.org/thenationalplan

What happened to Rhyker Earl:

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/28/us/video/rhyker-earl-handcuffed-by-police-following-medical-emergency-digvid

Jessica's other bad ass episode! Climbing the corporate ladder with Jessica Chappell:

https://youtu.be/JaQfHLCRkJ4?si=AfUPuSEgp-2gHwPkThank you to our Community Partner Epilepsy Foundation of America and sponsors Neurelis and SK life science for making conversations like this possible.

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