By understanding how hypo awareness can benefit your day-to-day life, you can focus on your normal activities and spend less time worrying about your diabetes. Does the Hypo Program work? will fit onto any Universal single use 4 – 6mm needle and therefore can be used for more than just insulin. comes in a case that is opaque to UV rays and protects the silicon even if left in direct sunlight.

This lightweight, smooth tapered economy spinal board is single piece moulded construction that offers durability and easy cleaning. With the offset pins you can now use straps that use loop end or speed clips. The large handholds are designed to accommodate gloved hands. This sturdy board provides minimal deflection with significant reduction of spinal disturbance to the patient. It can be dangerous when people with diabetes take insulin but cannot spot the early symptoms of hypoglycemia.It is free to sign up to the Hypo Program, and it takes just 30 seconds to do. The modules of the course can then be completed at your own pace. The Hypo Program is an education course, the first of its kind, which aims to improve your knowledge of these hypo symptoms and the number of reasons that hypos can develop. Who is the Hypo Program for? Additionally, the Hypo Program is useful for family members and friends of someone who has hypos to recognise their symptoms, especially if the person with diabetes cannot do so. How can I take the Hypo Program?

Hypo awareness training is beneficial for anyone with diabetes taking insulin, sulphonylureas or glinides, and therefore susceptible to hypos.

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Aside from improving your hypo awareness, the course also teaches users to how distinguish between hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia (high blood sugar). As well as leading to fewer cases of severe hypoglycemia among patients with diabetes, education resources such as the Hypo Program will result in better health and fewer hospitalisations. If you are a Type 1 or Type 2 diabetic you may be insulin dependent and be required to inject with an insulin pen on a daily basis. You will also identify with the many issues that an insulin injection poses.

Available are adult manikins (with our without lights), a baby manikin, a junior pro conversion kit and CPR adult manikin lungs.

When you administer your insulin injection you might hit a nerve, you might press a bit hard and inject insulin into muscle, you may not be able to hold the insulin pen steady if reaching around your body or you might even have needle phobia….

DS Medical standard penlight with Cobalt Blue Penlight Filter Adapter attached. This can be used for examination of the eye, to detect damage to the cornea.

How can I take the Hypo Program?