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<blockquote data-quote="LooperCat" data-source="post: 2276997" data-attributes="member: 468055"><p>Thanks for the tags chaps, I’m not fully qualified as a paramedic yet, just halfway through my training. </p><p></p><p>How does he manage his diabetes? Injections and fingerpricks? That would be hard for and emergency services job tbh. I’ve built a DIY artificial pancreas based on my Dexcom G6 and Omnipod pump - it controls my levels really well about 95% of the time. I couldn’t do it without this, tbh. Working for the ambulance service and responding to 999 calls does have its challenges, as you literally never know what the day will bring. Add in the inevitable heat of a fire, and I’m not sure how a T1 would manage tbh. Heat can make my levels crash fast - so how you’d eat some dextrose tabs in the middle of a rescue in a burning building wearing all the gear is a problem I don’t have the answer to. It’s hard enough with the PPE I have to wear. If we get a red call for a cardiac arrest, I eat 2-3 dextrose tablets en route and drop my insulin to 50% for an hour - I actually have a “cardiac arrest” setting on my system <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>Driving would be another hurdle, I don’t know if all firefighters are trained to drive the trucks. In the ambulance service we take it in turns with our crewmate to drive. We need a C1 (7.5 ton) truck licence; I know they need the next one up in Fire. </p><p></p><p>I guess you need to persuade the occupational health people - or the doctor in this case.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LooperCat, post: 2276997, member: 468055"] Thanks for the tags chaps, I’m not fully qualified as a paramedic yet, just halfway through my training. How does he manage his diabetes? Injections and fingerpricks? That would be hard for and emergency services job tbh. I’ve built a DIY artificial pancreas based on my Dexcom G6 and Omnipod pump - it controls my levels really well about 95% of the time. I couldn’t do it without this, tbh. Working for the ambulance service and responding to 999 calls does have its challenges, as you literally never know what the day will bring. Add in the inevitable heat of a fire, and I’m not sure how a T1 would manage tbh. Heat can make my levels crash fast - so how you’d eat some dextrose tabs in the middle of a rescue in a burning building wearing all the gear is a problem I don’t have the answer to. It’s hard enough with the PPE I have to wear. If we get a red call for a cardiac arrest, I eat 2-3 dextrose tablets en route and drop my insulin to 50% for an hour - I actually have a “cardiac arrest” setting on my system :D Driving would be another hurdle, I don’t know if all firefighters are trained to drive the trucks. In the ambulance service we take it in turns with our crewmate to drive. We need a C1 (7.5 ton) truck licence; I know they need the next one up in Fire. I guess you need to persuade the occupational health people - or the doctor in this case. [/QUOTE]
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