Low glucose baby, NPO, no access to dextrose

[anon456]

What do you do with a patient who was on TPN, has just lost their PICC, is a very hard stick with PIV, just tested 40's with glucose, and is strictly NPO?? This happened on my floor and it was a very serious situation as you can imagine.

[HyperSaurus, RN, BSN]

Sorry, what's a 'cut-down'?

[babybums]

If you are talking about a newborn you could access the umbilical for central line. This is what we would do in our NICU.