Diabetic Emergencies

Tom RaderStaff - June 1, 2021

PIC OF INSULIN Diabetes is a common problem these days. In our context, low blood sugar is the most likely problem. Normally as you go about the day,
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I haven’t seen this mentioned anywhere, so this is a good place to.  As part of my initial assessment, especially if the patient is unresponsive, I would look at their fingertips, as a good portion of diabetics use this area to check their blood sugar.  On one or many fingertips you’ll see a bunch of little red dots from the needle poking their fingers, a sure sign that they are diabetic.

 

That is a good tip that I had not thought of. Do you know if most people stick to one finger or do they vary their fingers? 

I believe I heard my grandma telling me that she doesn’t have any sensation in one of her fingertips because she is always pricking it for diabetes testing. So it looks like she sticks with pricking one finger.