GLUCAGON ADMINISTRATION

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• GLUCAGON ADMINISTRATION

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Overall goal Optimal student health and
learning
Knowing about glucagon administration is critical
to student success. But just one piece of
comprehensive management plan.
Ketones
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Learning Objectives

• Participants will learn
• What glucagon is
• How glucagon should be stored
• When glucagon is used
• How to administer glucagon

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What is Glucagon?

• Naturally occurring hormone made in the pancreas
• A life-saving, injectable hormone that raises
  blood glucose level
• Treatment for severe hypoglycemia
• Can save a life
• Cannot harm a student

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Glucagon Kit Storage

• Place As designated in DMMP.
• Store at room temperature
• Expiration date Monitor
• After mixing, dispose of any unused portion.

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Emergency Kit Contents

• 1 mg of freeze-dried glucagon (Vial)
• 1 ml of water for reconstitution (Syringe)

Combine immediately before use
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When to Give Glucagon

• If authorized by the students DMMP and if
  student exhibits
• Unconsciousness, unresponsiveness
• Convulsions or seizures
• Inability to safely eat or drink

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Procedure Act Immediately

• Position student safely on side for comfort and
  protection from injury
• Call 911, parents, school nurse as per DMMP

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Preparation

• Flip cap off glass vial containing dry powder
• Remove cap from syringe

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Drawing out

• Inspect. Solution should be clear and colorless.
• Draw prescribed amount of glucagon back into
  syringe.

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Dosing Injecting

• Clean site if possible
• Inject at 90 into the tissue under cleansed
  area, using the same technique as an insulin
  injection (however, needle is much larger than
  insulin syringe needle)
• buttocks
• thigh
• arm

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After Injecting

1. May take 15-20 minutes for student to regain
   consciousness.
2. Check blood sugar.
3. Give sips of fruit juice or regular soda, once
   student is awake and able to drink.
4. Advance diet as tolerated.
5. Document as per DMMP

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Don't be surprised if. . .

• Student does not remember being unconscious,
  incoherent or has a headache
• Blood sugar becomes very high (over 200)
• Nausea or vomiting occurs