Posted on 01/04/2007 2:14:14 PM PST by 60Gunner
Thanks for the post. It is one of the very few vanities I have seen on here worth reading. I am heading back to the US in a few months to get my EMT-B certification. I have Wilderness First Responder certification now but need to get better training.
Killjoy, I wish you all sorts of good luck on your endeavor. Thanks for your encouraging words!
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I used to get grossed out pretty bad whenever I saw an accident scene picture. I guess I have gotten used to it since now I find myself looking closer to see details. I still don't have the stomache for the really hardcore stuff but I guess everyone gets there eventually.
Wow,I will pass this on to people I know in the nursing field.Please ping me. Thanks a lot!!!
do you know what the post showed? I bet you guys will still be talking about it in 20 yrs!
actually in dka I would expect the sugar to be high
I can think of a couple of ways to get a sugar of zero, but not easily
she may have been using IV drugs and inadvertently got a lot if insulin (either in the drug, or some addicts I know use insulin syringes from their diabetic friends, they may not have emptied it out first)
Likely, however, with no effective circulation, any glucose in the area could have been taken up by the cells prior to cell death.
From their it gets wierder, and does not fit the picture (IE
insulin secreting tumors, etc, which would give you the low glucose, but not the other symptoms)
Have you or someone involved with the case written up a case report? If not I think you should.
You're one helluva writer! Thanks for this story...I was sure the punchline was going to be that the patient recovered and sued every one of you for medical malpractice....and yet here are the most hardworking, dedicated, people on earth using their years of education and experience trying to save her. Great depiction of medical professionals.
Never heard of anything like it in my old EMT days. Grim subject, great writing. Thank You.
Yeah, I knew an LPN who OD'd on insulin--1,000 units of R, gave it to herself IVP. She called a friend right afterward, who took her to the ER right away. Her gluc was also zero, redrawn and retested, and I don't mean by finger-stick, but by lab analyzer. Oddly enough, though she was pretty well dazed for a few days, she ended up being fine. But how does a doper, if not diabetic... oh heck, the whole thing's just a bizarre mystery.
"...actually in dka I would expect the sugar to be high ..."
Yeah, so would I. What the heck was I thinking when I wrote that? Please disregard that post, as I was apparently delerious.
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