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tonight Channel 5 Emergency Bikers
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Catwoman76
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Worth watching, if there are no animal programmes on. Thanks Sheena
Hi all,
Well I am a bit shocked. If levels are 0.9 - why didnt the paramedic just go straight for the Glucagon - instead of messing around with glucogel. Then trying to make him eat the biscuit whilst he was still a bit jerky was strange. Giving him a coke would have been much better than the biscuit.😱🙂Bev
Well I am a bit shocked. If levels are 0.9 - why didnt the paramedic just go straight for the Glucagon - instead of messing around with glucogel. Then trying to make him eat the biscuit whilst he was still a bit jerky was strange. Giving him a coke would have been much better than the biscuit.😱🙂Bev
redrevis
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Well I'm glad I watched that. First time I've ever seen the effects of going so low. I was a bit bemused by the biscuit whilst he was still out of it, at least give him a chance to come round first. I felt sorry for him whilst watching it. My girlfriend turned to me and said "I better not ever have to see you like that" I hope she doesn't have to either.
I bet he wanted to change his shirt afterwards 😛
I bet he wanted to change his shirt afterwards 😛
Catwoman76
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Poor man! 
It must of been so awful for him and his fellow workers to see him like that. So glad he came round. Good programme, I will watch it again. Sheena
It must of been so awful for him and his fellow workers to see him like that. So glad he came round. Good programme, I will watch it again. Sheena
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Yeah, I was shocked by the biscuit thing - he was still convulsing so surely a choking hazard?!
I've never seen something like that, just been the one having it, so it was educational for me. Came at the right time too, a friend's husband had his first ever hypo seizure first thing yesterday, she didnt' know what to do and called 999 - cos "he's only ever needed a biscuit and some sugary tea before" 😱 the guys a nurse, I can't believe he didn't tell his WIFE how to treat a hypo 😱🙄
I've never seen something like that, just been the one having it, so it was educational for me. Came at the right time too, a friend's husband had his first ever hypo seizure first thing yesterday, she didnt' know what to do and called 999 - cos "he's only ever needed a biscuit and some sugary tea before" 😱 the guys a nurse, I can't believe he didn't tell his WIFE how to treat a hypo 😱🙄
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Watch EB every week and the Paramedics are often called to help deal with diabetics having hypo's. Not seen tonight's as I recorded it and will hopefully catch up later in the week.
Poor man!
I saw this with my husband, I am type 2 but it shocked me to think that a hypo is soooo bad, I was sat on the edge of my chair and could'nt beleive what was happening, it has opened my eyes to the dangers diabetics have to face, would the poor man not have felt it coming on? so pleased to see how he came out of it and what action was required, I shall remember this forever.
grahams mum
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i was a bit shocked to see the glucagon injection on his harm because in the instructions they tell you to do it on the thigh so is it all right
I think they show that for convenience and simplicity. It is injected into a large muscle such as the thigh but the arm is equally suitable,
This video goes through the process of setting up the syringe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgXqL2zYlIE
and this training video for schools from the US also shows inecting into the arm.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC-dcDgmXuI&feature=related
This video goes through the process of setting up the syringe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgXqL2zYlIE
and this training video for schools from the US also shows inecting into the arm.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC-dcDgmXuI&feature=related
thenat
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For anyone who missed it, you can watch it online:
http://www.five.tv/shows/emergency-bikers/episodes/episode-10-170
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http://www.five.tv/shows/emergency-bikers/episodes/episode-10-170
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Copepod
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Plus dignity - why pull down someone's trousers when you can roll up their sleeve?
Didn't see this, but will deffo catch up on-line or with Sat's repeat.
A friend of my parents, who had been T1 for many years, had a severe hypo whilst they were walking out one evening after a meal. He said he was feeling low, but insisted that he'd be alright until they returned to the hotel. A few minutes later, he virtually collapsed on to a bench. In the end my mum got quite cross with the chap and his wife and demanded that they ring 999, as he was now drifting in and out of consciousness, despite having taken some gluco-tabs. When the paramedics arrived, they tested blood then immediately injected. It took him another 30 mins to come round. It was quite a scary episode for all present and resulted in extreme interrogation of me by my mum, when I saw her next, about what emergency reserves I keep on me.
A friend of my parents, who had been T1 for many years, had a severe hypo whilst they were walking out one evening after a meal. He said he was feeling low, but insisted that he'd be alright until they returned to the hotel. A few minutes later, he virtually collapsed on to a bench. In the end my mum got quite cross with the chap and his wife and demanded that they ring 999, as he was now drifting in and out of consciousness, despite having taken some gluco-tabs. When the paramedics arrived, they tested blood then immediately injected. It took him another 30 mins to come round. It was quite a scary episode for all present and resulted in extreme interrogation of me by my mum, when I saw her next, about what emergency reserves I keep on me.
redrevis
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From the online TV guide it says it's next on 11:25am Sun 13 Feb. So no Saturday repeat. But you can watch it on youtube here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHd1fmwD4OE&list=SL as well as Demand 5.
As I'm very thin my DSN told me not to tell anyone to do it in my arm as they are too thin for such a large needle. So my girlfriend worries where she'd do it if I needed it. I told her just do it in my thigh or bum, don't even worry about clothes just do it through them if it makes it easier.
As I'm very thin my DSN told me not to tell anyone to do it in my arm as they are too thin for such a large needle. So my girlfriend worries where she'd do it if I needed it. I told her just do it in my thigh or bum, don't even worry about clothes just do it through them if it makes it easier.
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