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- Type of diabetes
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- Diabetes, people who think they know everything!
at the weekend I attended a refresher first aid course for the organisation I work with. When they covered diabetes and the treatment of someone going into a collapse they said that for both a hypo and a hyper, the patient should be given a glass of warm sugary water. I queried the safety of this as I agree with it for a hypo, but surely for a hyper it will make the situation worse and increase an already elevated glucose level. Am I right? I'd value comments please as I have suggested the course needs changing.