LucidResq
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Please explain this statement
if an EMT can check BGL, determine it to be low, and administer D50, without the aid of a medic, how is it horrifying?
or if they are just starting a line, for the sake of making things easier for the ER, again, how is this horrifying?
and how is it very helpful if they do it in the presence of a medic, but doing it on their own is a sin against nature and dangerous to the health and safety of humanity?
D50 is not a benign drug. Even if the person is profoundly hypoglycemic, a simple error can turn in to devastating extravasation and necrosis. I'm not arguing for or against it, really, but it's something to consider.