Mike’s son told the investigation that his dad had type 2 diabetes mellitus (where the body does not produce enough insulin, or the body's cells do not react to insulin properly) and had some ongoing health...
The list was: antimicrobials (antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals) anticoagulants antiepileptics cardiac medication corticosteroids clozapine desmopressin diabetic medication (oral agents and insulin)...
Over the next 11 days, the patient was seen regularly by the diabetes nurse specialist and adjustments were made to his insulin medication to try to stabilise his blood glucose levels.
A staff member approached the nurses’ station with a separate drug chart for a patient taking insulin.
...vasopressors (to help manage blood pressure) atropine (to help manage slow heart rate) glucagon (which increases the amount of calcium available to the system and strengthens heart contractions) high-dose insulin...
For full active resuscitation Plan: • Antibiotics as according to Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) protocol • Dexamethasone 6mg/day • Monitor blood glucose; give insulin if raised and refer to diabetes...