My boyfriend accidentally took 55 units of Humalog instead of Lantus. When I arrived at his house, it was a regular fiasco between his ignorant mooching daughter and me. I called the ER of the hospital where I work and asked them whether we had enough time to make the 26 mi trip or if I should wait for an ambulance. The ER physician told me to wait for an ambulance and they would start an IV and administer a stat amp D-50. When the ambulance arrived, the EMT told him to eat a snack and that would take care of it.
What would you have done? I will fill you in on the rest later.
2007-08-15 17:21:24 · 4 answers · asked by happydawg 6 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Diabetes
holy cow 55 units???? that is a huge amount! I would have definately called 911 immediately! 55 u of Lantus is an awful lot even - that is his required dosage?? I can't believe the EMT said to have a 'snack' - did they know it was Humalog when he said that? Actually, before calling 911 I would have given him a shot of glucagon - did you or he or daughter test him? Seriously, I'm surprised he isn't dead! I'm glad also, but that is just amazing! what was his blood sugar?
I hope it all turns out ok
2007-08-15 19:11:10 · answer #1 · answered by Kmmv 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-17 08:09:17 · answer #2 · answered by Rebecca 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just answered your other question, but now I see more of the story here and I'm a shocked! I'm totally surprised at the EMT's attitude! Did they not realise that he'd taken so much more than he's used to? That was just rude, and so unsafe!
It takes more than a 'snack' to get over using that much insulin, I hope your boyfriend had a lot to eat or drink and was regularly testing his blood sugar. That's probably many hours of eating & drinking to fight the low... no EMT should've taken that so lightly :( I'd suggest complaining. What if your BF had a serious hypo 20 minutes after they'd left? Yikes!
2007-08-15 20:08:46 · answer #3 · answered by Em_nz 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My husband done the same thing one night and I called poision control,They told us for him to eat
something with high carbs like grits and he was fine
2007-08-15 18:04:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
depending on his sliding scale , he could have eaten about 10 glucose tablets and that would have
balanced his out.
2014-02-27 12:03:51 · answer #5 · answered by Beverly 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-08-15 23:06:28 · answer #6 · answered by healthsinfo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋