How this exercise works
Read the scenario and decide whether you should assist the patient with their prescribed or protocol medication, withhold it, or monitor only. Choose the safest option.
Fundamental concept
When EMT-Basics may help patients self-administer prescribed or protocol-authorized medications versus when to withhold and transport.
Read: Assisting Patients With Prescribed Medications →Scenario
45-year-old diabetic, glucose 54 mg/dL, anxious and tremulous but awake, answering questions appropriately, and able to swallow.
Oral Glucose
45-year-old diabetic, glucose 54 mg/dL, anxious and tremulous but awake, answering questions appropriately, and able to swallow.
Should you assist with oral glucose?
