Diabetes
Diabetic emergencies come in a variety of types and causes, but the tools available to EMTs allow excellent evaluation and initial treatment of the patient
What are the most important things to remember when treating a patient with a history of diabetes?
Everything from outdated strips to poor timing can lead to wrong glucose measurements, but here’s how to reduce errors
Virtually every EMS provider has seen patients with poorly managed diabetes — and herein lies a market
Once on dialysis, the patient with diabetes and kidney disease faces new threats
Understanding the differences can lead to more precise prehospital treatment of patients with diabetes
A variety of medical conditions and patient presentations warrant prehospital blood glucose analysis
Consider many causes for ‘general weakness’ in a patient with a complex medical history, including the possibility of sepsis
Understand the signs and symptoms of hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia
What does vitamin B1 deficiency mean in the prehospital environment?
The signs and symptoms are due to an activated sympathetic nervous system
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