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*Click image to the right to see Instaglucose Dosing | |||
*Get a glucose accucheck as soon as possible on any seizing patient to evaluate for hypoglycemia as this is a correctable cause of seizures. | *Get a glucose accucheck as soon as possible on any seizing patient to evaluate for hypoglycemia as this is a correctable cause of seizures. | ||
*Patients with a history of diabetes or patients with symptoms of AMS or acute illness including sepsis might also be tested as appropriate for low blood sugar. | *Patients with a history of diabetes or patients with symptoms of AMS or acute illness including sepsis might also be tested as appropriate for low blood sugar. | ||
*Instaglucose, administered via the mucous membranes, is available in the village clinic to treat this. | *Instaglucose, administered via the mucous membranes, is available in the village clinic to treat this. | ||
*Also be aware that carnitine palmitoyltransferase (CPT) 1 deficiency is relatively common in our population and during periods of fasting or during an illness can present as hypoglycemia. | *Also be aware that carnitine palmitoyltransferase (CPT) 1 deficiency is relatively common in our population and during periods of fasting or during an illness can present as hypoglycemia. | ||
[[Emergency RMT Scenarios and Responses]] | |||
Latest revision as of 12:32, 20 November 2020
- Click image to the right to see Instaglucose Dosing
- Get a glucose accucheck as soon as possible on any seizing patient to evaluate for hypoglycemia as this is a correctable cause of seizures.
- Patients with a history of diabetes or patients with symptoms of AMS or acute illness including sepsis might also be tested as appropriate for low blood sugar.
- Instaglucose, administered via the mucous membranes, is available in the village clinic to treat this.
- Also be aware that carnitine palmitoyltransferase (CPT) 1 deficiency is relatively common in our population and during periods of fasting or during an illness can present as hypoglycemia.
