Which prescribed intervention will the nurse implement first for a patient in the emergency department who is experiencing continuous tonic-clonic seizures?

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To prevent ongoing seizures,the nurse should administer rapidly acting antiseizure medications such as the benzodiazepines.A CT scan is appropriate,but prevention of any seizure activity during the CT scan is necessary.Phenytoin will also be administered,but it is not rapidly acting.Patients who are experiencing tonic-clonic seizures are nonresponsive,although the nurse should assess LOC after the seizure.

Which Prescribed Intervention Will the Nurse Implement First for a Patient