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A 22-year-old man with type 1 diabetes forgets to take his basal insulin and presents with abdominal pain, vomiting and polyuria. His capillary glucose is 24 mmol/L, pH 7.12, bicarbonate 10 mmol/L and ketones are positive. Which is the highest priority initial management step after airway and breathing are secured?

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