The City of New York, although it comprises five counties, currently has a single Sheriff's Office, part of the New York City Department of Finance. The Sheriff's Office is headed by a sheriff, appointed by the mayor.
Injuries that may cause seizures include choking, head injury such as a motor vehicle accident or sports injury, electrical injuries, injury during birth or in the uterus, poisonous insect bites or stings.
Among other factors, the main effects of hypocapnia caused by hyperventilation in relation to the seizures cause are: - increased excitability of nerve cells that lowers seizure threshold. - reduced brain-oxygen level and increased cellular acidity (low pH in cells) - reduced glucose availability for the brain.