Low blood sugar

●Urgent

⚠️ Check: Is the area safe for you to approach?

Give sugar if awake. Juice or sweets. Recheck in 15 min. Call 112 if worse.

Step 1: Ask if they have diabetes and when they last ate
Step 2: Give fast sugar if awake and able to swallow — juice, glucose gel, or sweets
Step 3: Recheck in 15 minutes — repeat sugar if still unwell
Step 4: Call 112 if they worsen or cannot swallow
Step 5: Stay with them until fully recovered

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DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT give insulin — it will drop sugar further.

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DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT give food or drink if they are drowsy or cannot swallow — choking risk.

DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Call 112 if no improvement after 15 minutes, they become unconscious, or have a seizure.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Tell dispatcher suspected hypoglycemia and whether sugar was given.

Call if no improvement after sugar, unconsciousness, or seizure.

DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Repeated low sugar episodes or loss of consciousness always need medical follow-up.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — They may need glucagon injection — only if trained and prescribed.

Know your limits: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Give fast-acting sugar if conscious. Do not force food if they cannot swallow safely.

This helper does not contact emergency services. You must call yourself.

When you are safe, you can read more about this emergency.

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