Submitted by Anomaly-Friend t3_11ymdjl in askscience
jackyj888 t1_jddjksx wrote
Reply to comment by ilikeyourjacket in (Biology) How far down your spine can you break before respiratory impairment? by Anomaly-Friend
You are correct. It is absolutely against common medical teaching and 99% of prehospital protocols to put glucose paste or anything else in the mouth of an unconcious diabetic. Altered LOC, sure, but not unconcious.
I'm sure you also know as a nurse that it would be absolutely a bad idea to start administration of sugar or insulin prior to obtaining blood glucose.
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