Initial treatment of febrile seizures by mobile emergency care units in a cohort of children in the Region of Southern Denmark

Background Witnessing one ’s child having febrile seizures is a shocking experience to parents who may fear that their child is going to die. Febrile seizures are thus perceived as a serious illness and, accordingly, a physician-manned Mobile Emergency Care Unit (MECU) is often dispatched to the scene together with an ordinary ambulance. The aim of the study was to quantify the occurrence of febrile seizures and to assess the extent of treatment administered by the MECU in the Region of Southern Denmark.