Re: Darwin

[Ken Lawson-Williams <Macgyver@FlightMedicMail.com>]

Not exactly 31, can't remember the conversion factor. Units here are are mmol/litre.

For a country that supposedly switched to metric years ago, I have no idea why the units are not mg/dl! Most guidelines for DT's allow the co-administration of thiamine and glucose if capillary blood glucose levels are below 4.0 mmol/dl 

Fly Safe. 
Ken L-W CCEMT-P/RN/WMT

"For extreme illnesses, extreme treatments are most fitting"    Hippocrates


--- "Mike Shuken" <mikeshuken@value.net> wrote:
>> with a glucose level of 3.1
>
>Thanks for the story, Ken.  Is 3.1 glucose the equivalent of 31 mg/dl?
>
>I had a diabetic lady from Europe as a patient recently and she said her BG
>tested at "10.2" which she said was a normal range...  I'm pretty sure it's
>a standard in the states to express it as mg/dl - perhaps that's different
>in Canada and Europe?
>
>Best,
>
>Mike
>
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