By Wayne Harrison
Posted: 11/28/2013
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DPD Officer Dwayne Huddleston and Alexis Davis.
(Photo courtesy: DPD)
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[quote]ENVER - A Denver police officer went above and beyond recently to save a diabetic woman's life.
Officer Dwayne Huddleston was conducted a welfare check on Alexis Davis, who is a severe diabetic, after she failed to show up for work.
Calls to her phone and knocks on her door brought no response, so Huddleston decided that forced entry into her apartment was in order. Once inside, Huddleston found Davis unresponsive. He immediately called paramedics who rushed her to the hospital where she was stabilized, but in a coma.[/quote]
[url]http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/dpd-officers-quick-action-saves-diabetics-life[/url]
well she appears to be out of a coma now, good thing he didn't get shot for entering
[QUOTE=Sableye;43091978]well she appears to be out of a coma now, good thing he didn't get shot for entering[/QUOTE]
Shot by who, an unresponsive woman?
I can't be the only one that expected this
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Pretty sure as a Type 1 Diabetic myself there is no such thing as "severe" diabetes, only how you manage it.
Props to this guy though!
Also expecting DPD courier, was disappointed.
[QUOTE=Sweeney;43092545]Pretty sure as a Type 1 Diabetic myself there is no such thing as "severe" diabetes, only how you manage it.
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Pretty sure they mean type 1 when they say "severe"
[QUOTE=MrBacon;43092200]Shot by who, an unresponsive woman?[/QUOTE]
Fallout 3 style combat shotgun trap at the door.
[QUOTE=sloppy_joes;43092572]Pretty sure they mean type 1 when they say "severe"[/QUOTE]
That's ridiculous.
[QUOTE=Sweeney;43092545]Pretty sure as a Type 1 Diabetic myself there is no such thing as "severe" diabetes, only how you manage it.[/QUOTE]
Severe might have been a tactful way of saying "she doesn't manage it carefully enough", if my assumption that she is a type one diabetic and went into diabetic ketoacidosis is correct. Seems the most likely scenario from the info the article has.
Yawmwen with incoming police brutality claims.
[QUOTE=Chernobyl426;43093036]Yawmwen with incoming police brutality claims.[/QUOTE]
He didn't have a warrant. :v:
I'm glad this isn't another story about police officers tazing a guy in diabetic shock because he wasn't responding to commands. This is a good change.
[QUOTE=Sweeney;43092545]Pretty sure as a Type 1 Diabetic myself there is no such thing as "severe" diabetes, only how you manage it.
Props to this guy though!
Also expecting DPD courier, was disappointed.[/QUOTE]
Different people can respond differently to insulin. Some people can drop very low very quickly, sometimes without even noticing. Though I probably wouldn't use the phrase "severe diabetes," that's probably what they meant.
[QUOTE=Mr._N;43093176]He didn't have a warrant. :v:[/QUOTE]
Didnt need one.
The officer was just doing his job. If he would've had his medkit with him (which he should have) he could have gave her glucagon which would have helped significantly. Glad the female is alive.
That guy kinda looks like Todd Harris.
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[QUOTE]COO Todd Harris was conducting a welfare check on Tribes Ascend, who is severely unsupported, after it failed to be as important as Smite.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Chernobyl426;43093036]Yawmwen with incoming police brutality claims.[/QUOTE]
so i gotta buy myself a badge before i get the right to save the lives of type 1 diabetics then?
[QUOTE=areolop;43096044]Didnt need one.
The officer was just doing his job. If he would've had his medkit with him (which he should have) he could have gave her glucagon which would have helped significantly. Glad the female is alive.[/QUOTE]
Yes I too am glad the female human is alive. I read about humans in a book
[QUOTE=areolop;43096044]Didnt need one.
The officer was just doing his job. If he would've had his medkit with him (which he should have) he could have gave her glucagon which would have helped significantly. Glad the female is alive.[/QUOTE]
I'm assuming this guy wasn't a trained paramedic so it's kinda a bad idea to just start injecting things into people you found on the ground.
[QUOTE=Chernobyl426;43093036]Yawmwen with incoming police brutality claims.[/QUOTE]
You know, it's probably just me, but I'm beginning to get tired of seeing posters cited for a particular brand of post every time some sort of similar news headline gets posted up. That is to say, whenever local news is cited, breakyourfac gets dragged into it, for cop news, yawmwen or areolop, just as a few examples. It may be mildly amusing the first few times, afterwards it just seems you know, pointless?
As for the article, I'm sincerely glad that the patient survived. To clarify on severe diabetes: we refer to diabetes as being 'severe' in an ex-officio sense when they start developing side effects of varying severity, +/- the beginnings of metabolic imbalances or kidney failure.
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;43096835]I'm assuming this guy wasn't a trained paramedic so it's kinda a bad idea to just start injecting things into people you found on the ground.[/QUOTE]
You dont inject anything. Glucagon is a gel you put on their gums/under their tongue. Its a glucose stimulant. Anyone with CPR training knows that when a diabetic enters the low sugar rate that this is what you do.
He had enough of SAMPLE to use it too. Its easy to critique in hindsight, but I would've carried my kit with me on a welfare call for a diabetic.
[QUOTE=areolop;43097280]You dont inject anything. Glucagon is a gel you put on their gums/under their tongue. Its a glucose stimulant. Anyone with CPR training knows that when a diabetic enters the low sugar rate that this is what you do.
He had enough of SAMPLE to use it too. Its easy to critique in hindsight, but I would've carried my kit with me on a welfare call for a diabetic.[/QUOTE]
Contraindications of glucose is an unconscious patient. Since its a gel and all. I don't now as a cop but, as a medic you can't give it if the patient is unconscious.
[QUOTE=areolop;43097280]You dont inject anything. Glucagon is a gel you put on their gums/under their tongue. Its a glucose stimulant. Anyone with CPR training knows that when a diabetic enters the low sugar rate that this is what you do.
He had enough of SAMPLE to use it too. Its easy to critique in hindsight, but I would've carried my kit with me on a welfare call for a diabetic.[/QUOTE]
Glucagon is injected. There are gels which contain glucose, but glucagon is injected.
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[QUOTE=areolop;43096044]Didnt need one.
The officer was just doing his job. If he would've had his medkit with him (which he should have) he could have gave her glucagon which would have helped significantly. Glad the female is alive.[/QUOTE]
The article doesn't say what was wrong with her, which leaves two scenarios:
1) Hypoglycaemia, which he could immediately start treating.
2) Diabetic ketoacidosis, which you want the paramedics for, and get her to A&E asap. It's the breakdown of fatty acids into ketones and such.
Without taking her blood sugar level with a glucometer, and ideally taking a urine test, I wouldn't want to start treating for 1 straight away. If she was in ketoacidosis, she'd already have a sugar spike, and you'd worsen the dehydration by giving glucagon. Calling paramedics is the better option, since they've had more experience and would be able to tell.
Ideally, if you find a collapsed T1 diabetic, call 112, take blood sugar, if high it's hyperglycaemia, and an indicator of possible ketoacidosis, if low it's hypoglycaemia and you would give glucose (though the operator might want the ambulance crew to do it)
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