You determine a patient’s blood glucose level to be 289 mg/dL. You would document this result on the prehospital care report as:

A patient who is unresponsive has a blood glucose level of 28 mg/dL. Her family states that she took her insulin in the morning 3 hours ago. Which of these statements made by the family would make sense in regard to the patient’s current blood sugar level?

Which of these patients has a normal fasting glucose level?

Which of these statements made by the patient should cause the EMT to suspect an abdominal aortic aneurysm?

You are called to an outpatient clinic to transfer a 39-year-old male patient in diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) to an acute-care hospital. When assessing this patient, which sign or symptom would you expect to find?

The primary pacemaker site of the heart is the:

An alert but confused patient with diabetes is complaining of weakness. Your service carries oral glucose, which has been authorized through off-line medical direction. In this case, you should:

You are instructing EMT students on how to obtain a blood sample for use in a glucometer. You are providing accurate information when you state:

The EMT would recognize dehydration as a concern in a patient with diabetes owing to:

An elderly patient with diabetes who experiences a silent MI will most likely: