ABSTRACT
A 52-year-old man was admitted to hospital after having a tonic–clonic seizure in the street. The seizure lasted for 4–5 minutes and self-terminated. A community support police officer who witnessed the event said that the patient was well-known to him and described episodes where he had consumed excessive quantities of alcohol and was subsequently found in a confused and aggressive state. The patient was of no fixed abode. The patient was drowsy and no further history was available at this point.
