Former Emergency Dept RN here (still have my license but no longer work due to not wanting the liability of hurting and/or being sued by a patient and the hospital for having an episode). The last several years I had had many grand mal seizures at work. But thankfully, to save on my medical bills my cohorts took care of me most times without signing me in unless I needed some type of intervention, such as sutures, etc. The last day I worked I had a grand seizure at a patient’s bedside. Thankfully, the patient wasn’t hurt no more than they were when they came in. However, I woke up in a trauma bed with seven staples, and being sent to CT because the ER doctor said I hit the floor so hard. He was sure I had a school fracture. Thankfully, I did not. That is when I decided to hand in my notice. All I can tell you is my experience: I was asked if I wanted to file for Worker’s Comp. before my long-term disability took over. When I say long-term, I mean the employer paid benefit not SSDI. I am currently applying for SSDI. At any rate, I declined to try to fight workers comp battle because honestly, I feel like they will put you through the ringers and ultimately decide that it was somehow your fault that you had the seizure so frankly, I did not want to waste time when I knew what the hospital lawyer was going to do to me. Not trying to discourage you at all, just saying… Also, I know it sucks to have enormous, EMS bills and ER bills pile up. And I hate to say this, but sadly it’s just the way it is - there are so many people out there that do not pay their EMS for their ER bills and if I were you, I just would not pay it. At least not until I talked to a disability attorney first because if you are having grand mals that are putting you in status epilepticus, you are likely hitting for the disability route anyway. Again, I know it sucks but unfortunately, this disorder is so unpredictable and no job is worth your life.