When administering oral glucose to a diabetic patient, the EMT must take precautions to prevent what adverse effect?

A) High blood-glucose levels
B) Airway obstruction
C) Low blood-glucose levels
D) Increased blood pressure

B

Health Professions

You might also like to view...

Your patient is a two-year-old male who has ingested approximately 30 tablets of children's chewable acetaminophen tablets anywhere from 15 to 30 minutes before your arrival. He is awake and appears stable, but he is intermittently crying. You have a 20-minute transport time to the hospital. The child weighs 18 pounds. Which of the following would be the best prehospital treatment option for this

child? A) Magnesium citrate, po B) Syrup of ipecac followed by 16 ounces of water; if vomiting ensues, follow with activated charcoal in a slurry with sorbitol C) Insertion of an orogastric tube, lavage with tap water until return is clear D) Activated charcoal mixed in a slurry with sorbitol

Health Professions

Which of the following drugs is available in a dry powder inhaler (DPI)?

a. Colistin b. Albuterol c. Zanamivir d. Beclomethasone

Health Professions