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