Insulin in emergency situations

On Monday the blackout caught me at work about 15km from home.Returning in public transport was impracticable with the subway stop and nearby and the colossal traffic jam in the center of Madrid.A partner offered me to sleep at home, but since I didn't have the slow insulin, I decided to walk back to get to put it on.

Total, that following this story he has given me what I would have done in case of not being able to go home to sleep.I had fast insulin with me.Could I have replaced the slow one with small doses of fast?

Or would it be better to put the fast with the food and for a few hours to be without slow?When would the absence of slow would begin to be a real problem?Would you have to go to the emergency room?

I have searched for information on the Internet, but I do not see anything concrete, so if you have information, it is appreciated.

Hello.

Do you need the 2 insulins, the slow, and the rapid?

How many units a day of each of them?

What ranges are you usually?

@Jordiv said:

Hello.

Do you need the 2 insulins, the slow, and the rapid?

How many units a day of each of them?

What ranges are you usually?

In normal situations the idea is to use slow and fast.Use 14 units of slow at night and fast 2-3 units with each meal.In general, I try to be between 80 and 150.

But the question is what to do in an exceptional situation if I do not have access to the slow one and I only have fast.

In case of not getting slow, you can get quickly every four hours, for example.The total rapid dose usually coincides with the total slow dose.

But it would be easier to go to a health center or a hospital, where they would give it to you or make a recipe.

You can also carry the slow with you, if you work far from home.You are quieter.

I always carry my insulins with me in a case, the slow and the fast, just with the needles, the glucometer with the strips, glucose pills etc.I have a sensor but just in case.

All the kit, to work, Cdo leave ... always, you don't know what is going to happen and also, in my case, the slow dose can take me at work.My advice is that you always take insulin with you, the two.

I always carry both insulin with me to the office.In addition to strips and glucometer.

I explained the nurse when I debuted.Do not leave home without all for the unforeseen events.

In the pharmacy they sell it to you, it has happened to me once I calculated badly and it was exhausted, 80 euros, then I took the recipe and made the difference.

Thank you very much for your comments.From now on I will always leave the house with the two insulins.The need had not passed through my head until Monday.

Total is only to add one more pen to the slow, needles, lancetas, glucometer, strips, glucose pills, chocolate and nuts that I always carry.

The spare sensor only takes it when I travel.A couple of them if I leave several days.

The truth is that I am a bit disaster.The lack of insulin has happened to me to forget to put on the slow and get up in the middle of the night in 300 ... I ran quickly every three hours or so and forward.

What you have to be very careful is in an emergency situation in which you have to walk a lot, if you put the same amount of insulin (whether fast or slow) ... there is a great risk of hypo.Better to fall a little short and put extras if necessary.