Type 1 Book or e-book for insulin calculation

[wowen]

Hi all, I'm looking for a book or e-book to use as an emergency resource. My 2-year-old was recently diagnosed with type 1 and I was at some point stranded in a field without phone or internet service so couldn't calculate her insulin dose. Thank you in advance for your help. Kind regards, William.

 

[Zhnyaka]

insulin? maybe you meant carbs? The dose of insulin is selected individually and may differ tenfold for people of the same weight. Doctors usually prescribe a starting dose based on the patient's weight, but then this dose is adjusted, and given that children at this age grow very quickly, I believe that the dose will also vary greatly. Usually people just remember how much insulin they need for 10g of carbs and how much does 1 unit of insulin reduce their bg, and then calculate the dose based on these data. But here are a couple of links for calculating carbohydrates (I hope it will attach correctly)

https://www.diabetes.org.uk/resources-s3/2017-11/carbs-count-2012.pdf

https://www.chkd.org/uploadedFiles/Documents/Programs_and_Clinics/Carbohydrate%2520Counting%2520Handbook%2520(1).doc