I am T2 diet controlled, so in this thread I am a member of the general public. If I see someone with hypo symptoms and they are confirmed by their bracelet as a T1 what should I do?
Good question.
If you're sure it's a hypo situation (that's sometimes not that easy - there's not a lot of difference between the presentation of an epilectic having a fit and a T1 at sub 2), my take on it is that if they are still conscious and able to eat safely, give them some fast acting carbs immediately.
Don't ***** about with the amount - we can talk till the cows come home about the appropriate amount to treat a hypo without overtreating. - but if you've got someone who looks like they're heading for the floor, I'd be doing a full can of Coke or a Mars bar or any available simple sugar and worrying about the hyper later.
I had some very bad and extremely public hypos in my first few months after dx. I'm glad I've learned enough now to put those in the past. What I learned from them, though, is that while well meaning people will step out of their way to help me, if a T1 is too low, our brains work in a very different way, so it's not actually that easy to answer constant questions about how are you doing. Don't quiz a hypo T1 when they're still coming up, don't ask them if they're doing ok: speaking when hypo can be difficult. Provided you've stuffed a Mars bar or Coke in our face, we'll be fine, and we'll deal with the over-treatment later.
If unconscious, see if there's an orange box with the words "glucagon" on it anywhere near, see if you can figure out how inject that, but definitely dial 999 before that!
