Question

A 19-year-old male complains of "not feeling right." his insulin and a syringe are on a nearby table. the patient says he thinks he took his insulin and can't remember whether he ate. he is also unable to tell you the time or what day it is. the glucometer reads "error" after several attempts to assess his blood glucose level. in addition to administering oxygen, you should:

Answer 1

Assuming this is for an EMT-B course, you would call your medical director for direction and give oral glucose if they are alert enough to control their own airway.

If this is for a Paramedic course, you will start an IV and administer D50 at a slow push.

Answer 2

The first thing that I should do is

1. Administer oral glucose.

2. Contact medical control.

Insulin helps in leveling of sugar from either going high or getting low. It is termed as the body to use glucose from carbohydrates which is got from food.

Sugar is needed by cells in order to have energy where it can not go direct. Insulin is termed as the main key which acts as a lock to unlock the cell so as to allow sugar to be used as energy and enter into the cell.