It's true. You cannot treat someone without consent; you should not put things into the mouth of an unresponsive, or even heavily altered, person. You can, however, give sugar to a diabetic even if their blood sugar is high rather than low. Low is far more dangerous, and a little more sugar can't hurt them too badly unless they're like, already in a coma.
We're taught in EMT class that it's better to give them sucrose than to wait for a blood test. But you can't do that unless they're responsive.
she couldn't answer any questions and she was having a hard time breathing, so the EMTs told us that if we had tried to put candy in her mouth (like some people wanted to do), she probably just would have choked on it.
anyway, there's no way of knowing if something else was wrong. like maybe her blood sugar was just fine and she was having a stroke.
Giving a diabetic juice is stupid. Giving someone who has seizures something to consume is stupid. I can't imagine more people actually THINK something like that in a situation like this. Man.
while giving it to her DURING the seizure would be bad (not to mention nearly impossible), there's no reason why she couldn't have juice after the seizure if she's consious and responsive.
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We're taught in EMT class that it's better to give them sucrose than to wait for a blood test. But you can't do that unless they're responsive.
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anyway, there's no way of knowing if something else was wrong. like maybe her blood sugar was just fine and she was having a stroke.
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