Question

A 40-year-old man with poorly controlled type 1 diabetes is found unconscious on the ward with a capillary glucose of 1.9 mmol/L. He has a cannula in situ. What is the most appropriate immediate treatment?

Accepted Answer

Intravenous 10% Dextrose 150 mL (or 20% Dextrose 75 mL) administered rapidly

Answer

Intramuscular Glucagon 1 mg only

Answer

Oral glucose gel

Answer

Start an insulin infusion

Answer

Wait and repeat the glucose in 30 minutes

Practice question

A 40-year-old man with poorly controlled type 1 diabetes is found unconscious on the ward with a capillary glucose of 1.9 mmol/L. He has a cannula in situ. What is the most appropriate immediate treatment?