As a Paramedic, in Detroit, we had to take a past and present medical history of the patients.
We would ask about current medical conditions. Cardiac, Pulmonary/Breathing and Lung Conditions, Neurological Conditions like Strokes or Epilepsy and Seizures.
This last condition Epilepsy and Seizures when we would get the response usually from a bystander.
The response was always, Yeah he/she has Athletic Scissors.
He be havin Athletic Scissors.