General practice · Explanation & counselling

Hypoglycaemia at the gym

Medium

10 min station · 2 min reading · Recommended for Curtin Year 5 students

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2 min reading · 10 min station · reminders at 2 min

Instructions

You are a medical student on placement in general practice. Your next patient is Bianca Ferrante, 21, who has type 1 diabetes and collapsed at the gym last week.

  1. Take a focused history

  2. Counsel her about preventing and treating low blood glucose

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