[IP] Re: EMT Response
> >The only times I HAVE overtreated is when I've been pushed
> > into it by medical personnel who are shoving food at me and
> > are unwilling to "clear" me until I eat large amounts of carbs
> >without taking anything to cover them, even if I AM already in a
> >better place.
A response, in part:
> This is because most EMTs are taught about Diabetes as it was
> treated 30-40 years ago. They expect that you have NPH or
> some other long-acting insulin in your system. That's what the
> peanut butter sandwich and all the other carbs they make you eat are
> supposed to counteract.
I think this is widespread, even in the pump community. I often read here of
someone bringing up a low and having/giving a p.b. sandwich to sustain the
BG level. I asked this question on here awhile ago about giving a p.b.
sammich to a child after a low, questioning the practice. I figured on my
own that when the BG level is brought up and the basals are correct, no
stuffing of carbs w/protein (p.b.) is needed. It is overtreating. YMMV
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