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9 minute stationUnresponsive Known Diabetic, 46-Year-Old Male
Dispatch
Cat 1 — 46-year-old male found unresponsive at home by wife, known type 1 diabetic.
On arrival
Patient slumped in armchair, sweaty and pale, not responding to voice. Wife states he skipped lunch after his usual insulin dose.
Initial observations
- Airway
- Patent, snoring, tolerating airway adjunct
- RR
- 18, adequate
- SpO2
- 97% on air
- Pulse
- 104 regular
- BP
- 134/82 mmHg
- Blood glucose
- 1.8 mmol/L
- GCS
- 8 (E2 V2 M4)