Type 1 Diabetes

What to do in case of
Hypoglycemia (hypos)

Hyperglycemia (hypers)
aka Diabetic Ketoacidosis

(DKA)

Blood glucose levels fall below 70 mg/dl

Blood glucose levels 250 mg/dl

What are the symptoms?

What are the symptoms?

Being pale
Feeling weak (appear sleepy)
Feeling hungry
Fatigue
Feeling dizzy
Headache
Blurred vision
Sweating (cold)
Confusion (absent-minded / impaired
speech)
Loss of consciousness
And in extreme cases, coma

Extreme thirst (or hunger)

Uncontrollable need to urinate
Unable to focus
Feeling tired / fatigued
Showing irritation
Blurred vision
Confusion and disorientation
Nausea / Vomiting
Bad breath
Dry mouth / skin
Deep laboured breathing /
hyperventilation
Rapid heartbeat
And in extreme cases, loss of
consciousness and coma

What to do after the blood test?

What to do after the blood test?

Student should leave the room accompanied by

someone

1 drink water
2 - test for presence of ketones (same meter)

1 take 2 sachets of sugar

2 wait for 10 minutes take blood test
3 if below high 90s / 100 2 more sachets
4 wait for 10 minutes

3 if sugar levels above 300 - take 100 from

total
3 decide insulin quantity to take 12 units
for first time

5 new test

4 ingest no more than 1 portion of carbs

(same for hypo)

6 if levels in the 90s / 100 ingest 1 portion

of carbs (e.g. small packet of crackers)

5 re-test blood glucose 2 hours later

7 if not, repeat previous steps

In case there are no sugar sachets available,
sugary fizzy drinks or fruit juice (250 ml) are
allowed