Treatment Decisions: Beyond The Basics - Dexcom G5 Getting Started Manual

10.2 Treatment Decisions: Beyond the Basics

Ready for more? Your Dexcom G5 Mobile offers so much more! Use your trend arrow,
Alarm, and Alerts to fine-tune your treatment decisions. The more you use your system
the better your results. Wear it. Look at it. Respond to it.
Let's look at Kim's day and how she used her system to make treatment decisions:
What Kim Sees
Kim got
a Low Alert:
At breakfast,
Kim sees:
At lunchtime,
Kim sees:
For dinner Kim
takes the correct
amount of insulin,
covering her meal.
An hour later she
gets a High Alert:
What decisions would you make? Walk through scenarios like these with your HCP.
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What Kim Does and Why
What:
She eats an energy bar without doing a
fingerstick.
Why: An 80 mg/dL with the down arrow means
her glucose is dropping.
In 15 minutes, Kim could be 35 mg/dL.
What:
She doses to cover her meal.
Why:
Because of the up arrow, she takes a little
more insulin.
What: She doses to cover her meal.
Why: Because of the down arrow, she reduces
her insulin amount.
What: She decides to watch and wait and not
dose again. An hour later she's back in target.
Why:
Insulin takes time to work. It's important
to not take insulin doses too close together, or
"stack" insulin. Wait at least 2 hours. You don't
want to go low; sometimes it's best to watch
and wait.
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