EMT-Basic/Medical/Diabetes AMS

Lesson 4.4: Diabetes/Altered Mental Status

Objectives
By the end of this lesson, the EMT-Basic should be able to:
 * 1) Identify the patient taking diabetic medications with altered mental status and the implications of a diabetes history.
 * 2) State the steps in the emergency medical care of the patient taking diabetic medicine with an altered mental status and a history of diabetes.
 * 3) Establish the relationship between airway management and the patient with altered mental status.
 * 4) State the generic and trade names, medication forms, action, and contraindications for oral glucose.
 * 5) Evaluate the need for medical direction in the emergency medical care of the diabetic patient.
 * 6) Explain the rationale for administering oral glucose.
 * 7) Demonstrate the steps in the emergency medical care of the patient taking diabetic medicine with an altered mental status and a history of diabetes.
 * 8) Demonstrate the steps in the administration of oral glucose.
 * 9) Demonstrate the assessment and documentation of patient response to oral glucose.
 * 10) Demonstrate how to complete a prehospital care report for patients with diabetic emergencies.