Crazy night...

Hiya,

I myself had a Roux N Y Gastric Bypass back in 1998. Still to this day i occasionally will go very HYPO. Fortunately i have so far caught it before iI've passed out. It is a really uncomfortable/horrible feeling, gives me a better idea of how diabetics feel.

Doesn't happen to me very often and fortunately i've always been somewhere where i've been able to get something to eat/drink quickly. I've come close to passing out but touch wood.. not yet..

I'm in Scotland and my lowest blood sugar was 2.7mmol/l on our scale(48.6mg/dl US ).. was lucky in that my diabetic b/f was visiting and i tested myself using his meter..

Probably should get a meter myself for those times..

I'm sorry......she lost consciousness but had a pulse and was breathing.....and you should have called a code? Am I missing something?

I'm sorry......she lost consciousness but had a pulse and was breathing.....and you should have called a code? Am I missing something?

I don't know about the OP, but in our facility we would have called a "code green". That would have brought an ICU nurse and an MD running. (As opposed to a "code blue" in which all the assorted peeps show up.)

~Jen

Well, don't know as I'd have given OJ to an unconscious person.

Sounds to me that since you knew the history and the vitals were stable, you and the other nurses did what any prudent nurse would do. I think this is called critical thinking. Good job.....

I wouldn't have given OJ to her either, but I wouldn't have called a code.

Sounds to me that since you knew the history and the vitals were stable, you and the other nurses did what any prudent nurse would do. I think this is called critical thinking. Good job.....

Exactly. She was "briefly" unconscious...rest assured she was AROUSED prior to administering orange juice..sorry about that. Yes, ABCs were intact...no problems there...otherwise YEAH...I'd have had everyone and their grandmother up there.

Code Blue at our facility sends all sorts of staff from ICU, ER, radiology, lab...you name it, they come...for medical emergencies involving patients, staff and visitors. And again...after the juice and a very brief discussion with the Nsg. supervisor we took her down to see the MD immediately.

They did bloodwork, including a serum glucose...which was WNL at the ER next door. All turned out okay so she was sent home with her hubby.

Sounds exactly whatI would have done.

You did the right thing. You were critically thinking and because of that she is now o.k. Which is a lot better than a bunch of people standing around saying "why did you call a code, she's breathing and has a heartrate, so we're done here. What should we do now?"

Exactly. She was "briefly" unconscious...rest assured she was AROUSED prior to administering orange juice..sorry about that. Yes, ABCs were intact...no problems there...otherwise YEAH...I'd have had everyone and their grandmother up there.

Code Blue at our facility sends all sorts of staff from ICU, ER, radiology, lab...you name it, they come...for medical emergencies involving patients, staff and visitors. And again...after the juice and a very brief discussion with the Nsg. supervisor we took her down to see the MD immediately.

They did bloodwork, including a serum glucose...which was WNL at the ER next door. All turned out okay so she was sent home with her hubby.

Well, sounds to me like you handled it all properly, then. We didn't have the 'code green' that someone else talked about at our hospital, but that sounds like a good idea.