diabetes video
Following is our video lesson series on diabetes, testing your blood sugar, and injecting insulin at home. Go through the section in order or pick and choose, however you want. You can also purchase this lesson series for your iPod or on a DVD.
We urge all diabetics to request a free diabetic alliance diabetes guide, and many will qualify for a free glucose meter as well.
- introduction to testing blood sugar and injecting insulin
- glucometer basics
- setting up a blood sugar test
- taking a sample drop of blood
- glucometer countdown
- problems when testing
- blood sugar display
- target blood sugar numbers
- insulin syringes and units
- drawing up insulin
- picking a site and injecting
- medical waste disposal
- types of insulin
- hypoglycemia
- response to low blood sugar
- wrap-up