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My wife is a surgeon; while we were flying to Morocco last spring, a man on the plane accidentally put himself into a diabetic coma. A nurse was sitting next t
by stephencanon 14y ago
My wife is a surgeon; while we were flying to Morocco last spring, a man on the plane accidentally put himself into a diabetic coma. A nurse was sitting next to him and thought that he was having a heart attack. The attendants called for a doctor; my wife recognized the actual issue, and revived him by rubbing honey on the inside of his mouth and gums (the onboard medical kit had nothing of use beyond rubber gloves).
The other passengers on the flight actually did applaud her, which was cute, but I think they mostly did it because it meant that the flight didn't need to be diverted to Heathrow.
- ibejoeb 14y agoWow, shocking that the plane did not have glucose tablets. I carry the gel in my luggage just in case since it's particularly common and so simple. I guess sugar is sugar, but manipulating gooey honey sounds a lot harder that squirting gel pack. (Don't want to rant too much, but it irks me that TSA has, once or twice, confronted me on the things.)
- walshemj 14y agoyes back when I helped organize a medium sized (1200-11300) camping event we always had plenty of sugar and mars bars to cater for diabetics that went out of balance this is in addition to what the on site St Johns team had. Only had one close shave where some one diabetic had become and unconscious and thrown up in there sleeping bag - let me tell you seeing someone being carried towards you on a stretcher certainly gets rid of the hangover quick - this was pre mobile phones so i had to sprint to the public call box to call 999 (911)