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<blockquote data-quote="hanadr" data-source="post: 252106" data-attributes="member: 8110"><p>In October 2010, my T1 husband ended up in hospital with a severe infection [bg 18]. He was put on a sliding scale drip and after 48 hours his bg was 22!!!. I made a fuss and got them to let him do his own insulin. At one point, a senior nurse told me the saline drip he was on was to reduce his Bg. He was NOT dehydrated at the time.Nor did he have DKA[no thanks to them!]</p><p> Anyway I am on a voluntary "Think Glucose!" panel at the hospital and I know what the policy is. I also know that nurses haven't any real idea of controlling BG or what the target numbers mean. They are meant to do a course, but it's difficult to get them all there.</p><p> In the end, we made a formal complaint through PALS. Even so it took over a year to get a meeting with the diabetes consultant to resolve our grumble.</p><p> You have to persist with medics, even if it doesn't come naturally.</p><p>Hana</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hanadr, post: 252106, member: 8110"] In October 2010, my T1 husband ended up in hospital with a severe infection [bg 18]. He was put on a sliding scale drip and after 48 hours his bg was 22!!!. I made a fuss and got them to let him do his own insulin. At one point, a senior nurse told me the saline drip he was on was to reduce his Bg. He was NOT dehydrated at the time.Nor did he have DKA[no thanks to them!] Anyway I am on a voluntary "Think Glucose!" panel at the hospital and I know what the policy is. I also know that nurses haven't any real idea of controlling BG or what the target numbers mean. They are meant to do a course, but it's difficult to get them all there. In the end, we made a formal complaint through PALS. Even so it took over a year to get a meeting with the diabetes consultant to resolve our grumble. You have to persist with medics, even if it doesn't come naturally. Hana [/QUOTE]
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