Diabetes Management in Custody

Outline of content

This course provides the forensic medical student with insight into type 1 and type 2 diabetes, enabling discussion about the support required for detained people in the custody setting.

Programme Summary

Types of diabetes; understanding the aetiology and how this impacts on management
Medications other than insulin, including GLP-1 Agonists
Insulin and insulin regimens for people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes
How can a diabetes medication regimen impact on a person’s dietary choices?
Hypoglycaemia management, including factors affecting insulin absorption
Acute diabetes management: alcohol and/or illicit drugs
Insulin Pumps and monitors/mobile phone apps used with pumps
Type 1 diabetes questions. Use of a correction dose, bolus insulin – insulin: carb ratios
Monitoring
- Who should be testing and how often?
- Custody officer’s use of a blood glucose/ketone monitor
- Interstitial monitoring
- Ketone monitoring
Case scenarios

Registration options

Individual registration is not currently available. Course dates will be posted online for 2021.
Courses can be commissioned locally to you. The national team will travel to a venue of your choice and deliver the course. Registration will be open to invited healthcare professionals in the local vicinity. To commission a course a minimum of 15 students is required and a maximum 50

Course delivery

1-day of face-to-face or live, online sessions. Duration 6.5 hours

You will receive access to a pdf workbook and we recommend you print it out. The course will be delivered live, online, using the ZOOM platform. You will require a computer or tablet with a microphone and camera.

National course dates will be posted online for 2021. Cost £150 (online course price)

Suitable for

Non-registered practitioners (including managers) working in the elderly care home setting

Accreditation

None

Prices

To commission a local course please contact us for an individual quote based on number of students and location.