Inpatient / hospital care

Hypoglycaemia Management in Hospital

The Hypoglycaemia Protocol is designed to ensure a rapid nursing assessment and treatment in patient at risk of hypoglycaemia. The Protocol contains treatment and escalation recommendations for patients who are unsafe to swallow or who are unconscious.

• Hypoglycaemia protocol
  
  
• Treatment of hypoglycaemia in hospital; Clinical support guide
  
  
• Patient education flash card
  
  This patient education card is designed to give to patients who are at risk of hypoglycaemia. Please keep it on their bedside table/over-way during their hospital admission. If patients understand that ‘hypo’ is a risk in hospital and that nurses need to follow a particular protocol, then we will see less patient anxiety and greater compliance with taking the oral treatment that is recommended in the Protocol.
  
  
• Hypoglycaemia protocol; eLearning Moodle (available only to SA Health employees)
  
  

 

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