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A 24-year-old man with type 1 diabetes is found unconscious at home. On arrival, paramedics measure a capillary glucose of 2.1 mmol/L. In the emergency department he is drowsy but rousable and cannot swallow safely. What is the most appropriate immediate treatment?

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