Seriously I don't understand it. I work 12 hr. nights in LTC. so about 2am i went to check on my resident b/c it was reported from days that her bs was running in the low 50's. also she was asymptomatic of hypoglycemia. she was fine when i came on talking laughing just her usual self. i've been checking her bs and it was pretty much the same 53. i goes in and she was disoriented shaking etc. i took her bs and it was 23. i immediatly ran to call the md. there was no order for glucagon but we got it in the ekit and that's what i was going to give her. told the md what was going on and see if i can give the glucagon he said yes. i give her 1ml of glucagon IM. immediatly she started to come around. bs slowly was coming up and in about an hour she was 119.
of course i charted and reported to the next shift finished up my work and went home. i got a call later from the DON chewing my butt out for giving glucagon and she wasn't unconscious. i told her there was nothing else i could give her and i had the permission of her doctor to do so.
