RNLI lifeguards praised for helping girl after seizure

Danielle, from Scothern, near Lincoln, said Erin first started having seizures when she was four months old.

“She’s had about 60 seizures – ranging from fairly quick ones to longer ones requiring medical attention,” she said.

Danielle said the family trip to the coast had started well, with the children enjoying ice creams and building sandcastles on the beach.

“Me and my mum were sat there chatting watching the kids play – it was really nice.”

However, she said her “stomach dropped” when Erin started having a seizure.

“It’s one thing dealing with her seizures at home in a safe space, but it’s a completely different feeling dealing with a seizure in an unknown space,” she said.

After laying Erin down on a blanket to make sure she was safe, Danielle said she started timing the seizure to check what intervention was needed.

She added: “It was really, really scary. I didn’t know which way it was going to go.”

At the same time, she said her mum raced off to the lifeguard hut to get help.

“They were so reassuring,” she said of the lifeguards’ quick response. “They gave her oxygen, they were checking her breathing and they checked her responsiveness and her circulation.”