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<blockquote data-quote="KK123" data-source="post: 2040354" data-attributes="member: 451727"><p>Hi [USER=103027]@Manic[/USER] (Thanks [USER=206249]@Diakat[/USER]), I too, am a 'blue light' Police Driver working 24/7 shifts. I am what you might call a Senior Officer so I usually have no idea when I will be suddenly required to get going as it were. (For the record there is a type 1 Officer also on the shift who is also an emergency responder, generally out of the office most of the day). All that is required in my job is a separate Medical assessment which basically looks to see what medication you are on and if it's insulin, they write up a risk assessment/adjustment which takes account of what YOU need and what the jobs needs. They are very good, they look at you as an individual to determine what your management is like, this MAY include access to your medical records so they would see your latest hbA1c for example. They rely on you yourself to make sure you eat and inject as and when, obviously and write into your plan, the fact that you MUST have your meal breaks, (easier said than done of course).</p><p></p><p>The risk assessment may require you to test at least every two hours (along with DVLA requirements obviously) and the rest of it mirrors what to do if you feel hypo, etc).</p><p></p><p>There are no other restrictions as such and I don't know whether the Ambulance service do the same. You never know when you are going to be preparing a report or running after someone so I won't say it's easy BUT as long as you are 'managing' your diabetes, they are happy. Hope this helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KK123, post: 2040354, member: 451727"] Hi [USER=103027]@Manic[/USER] (Thanks [USER=206249]@Diakat[/USER]), I too, am a 'blue light' Police Driver working 24/7 shifts. I am what you might call a Senior Officer so I usually have no idea when I will be suddenly required to get going as it were. (For the record there is a type 1 Officer also on the shift who is also an emergency responder, generally out of the office most of the day). All that is required in my job is a separate Medical assessment which basically looks to see what medication you are on and if it's insulin, they write up a risk assessment/adjustment which takes account of what YOU need and what the jobs needs. They are very good, they look at you as an individual to determine what your management is like, this MAY include access to your medical records so they would see your latest hbA1c for example. They rely on you yourself to make sure you eat and inject as and when, obviously and write into your plan, the fact that you MUST have your meal breaks, (easier said than done of course). The risk assessment may require you to test at least every two hours (along with DVLA requirements obviously) and the rest of it mirrors what to do if you feel hypo, etc). There are no other restrictions as such and I don't know whether the Ambulance service do the same. You never know when you are going to be preparing a report or running after someone so I won't say it's easy BUT as long as you are 'managing' your diabetes, they are happy. Hope this helps. [/QUOTE]
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