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A 23-year-old woman with type 1 diabetes presents with abdominal pain, vomiting and drowsiness. Her capillary glucose is 28 mmol/L, ketones are 4.5 mmol/L, pH is 7.18 and she is tachycardic and hypotensive. After initial ABC assessment, what is the single most important immediate therapeutic intervention?

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