Wristbands

Daibell said:

Hi. Slightly off topic but I was on a Red Cross First Aid course last month and the presenter said giving some immediate glucose was the best advice. If you are hyper then the small additional glucose will not cause any harm and to not do that risks a hypo deepening which can be harmful.

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ringi said:

That because as a nurse you were trained based on having the equipment to do so at hand, along with having time. So clearly when able to check BG first you do so. I hope any nurse with access to a meter would check BG before giving sugar regardless of any wristband.

Personally, I do not want most people knowing I have diet controlled Type2 in an emergency as it may slow them down, and does not change any standard first aid. It's on my national NHS records, so anyone in a hospital setting will know as soon as they have my name etc. And if I can't speak to give my name, then I very much expect BG would be checked.

(The training I have had is “mountain first aid” when you don’t have access to anything and it may take 2 or 3 hours to get help.)

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