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Helping Belton ISD Students Succeed What BISD Staff Need to Know About:

Helping Belton ISD Students Succeed What BISD Staff Need to Know About:. Glucagon Injection. Belton ISD Health Services 2012-2013. Medication Administration. Glucagon Injection. Refer to BISD Diabetes Care Training for a comprehensive understanding of Diabetes Care for Students

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Helping Belton ISD Students Succeed What BISD Staff Need to Know About:

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  1. Helping Belton ISD Students Succeed What BISD Staff Need to Know About: Glucagon Injection Belton ISD Health Services 2012-2013 Medication Administration

  2. Glucagon Injection • Refer to BISD Diabetes Care Training for a comprehensive understanding of Diabetes Care for Students • If you have been assigned by your principal to be an Unlicensed Diabetes Care Assistant(UDCA), you will receive additional training and be given a chance to demonstrate your knowledge and skills in administering Glucagon Medication Administration

  3. What is Glucagon? • Naturally occurring hormone made in the pancreas • A life-saving, injectable hormone that raises blood glucose level • Treatment for severe hypoglycemia • Can save a life • Cannot harm a student

  4. Glucagon Kit Storage • Place: As designated in Diabetes Care Plan. • Store at room temperature • Expiration date: Monitor • After mixing, dispose of any unused portion.

  5. When to Give Glucagon If authorized by the student’s Diabetes Care Plan and if student exhibits: • Unconsciousness, unresponsiveness • Convulsions or seizures • Inability to safely eat or drink

  6. Preparation 1. Flip cap off glass vial containing dry powder 2. Remove cap from syringe

  7. Mixing Solution • Inject entire fluid in syringe into the bottle containing powder • Shake gently or roll to mix until all powder is dissolved and solution is clear.

  8. Drawing out • Inspect. Solution should be clear and colorless. • Draw prescribed amount of glucagon back into syringe.

  9. Dosing & Injecting 7. Clean site if possible 8. Inject at 90° into the tissue under cleansed area, using the same technique as an insulin injection (however, needle is much larger than insulin syringe needle) • buttocks • thigh • arm

  10. After Injecting • May take 15-20 minutes for student to regain consciousness. • Check blood sugar. • Give sips of fruit juice or regular soda, once student is awake and able to drink. • Advance diet as tolerated. • Document as per Diabetes Care Plan

  11. Don't be surprised if. . . • Student does not remember being unconscious, incoherent or has a headache • Blood sugar becomes very high (over 200) • Nausea or vomiting occurs

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