Bradycardia - Emergency Medical Responder Scenario 

If there is any indication of alteration to mental status, I would agree with you - and I don't limit that to clinical findings of disorientation, or decreased GCS. If, for example, I have a patient whose family states that they are acting 'off,' I am probably going to include a blood glucose check in my assessment, even if they can answer my questions accurately. (Trust the people who know your patient!) Incidentally, in that case, I am probably going to do a BGL even the patient isn't diagnosed as diabetic - if I am investigating altered mental status, its a pertinent part of my assessment. However, if they are alert, oriented and acting normally, its difficult to see what I would be looking for with that blood glucose check. It isn't a comfortable thing to have done, and while the risks of an infection are very low, they do exist, especially in certain populations.

@@CoastWildernessMedicalTraining Thank you! Makes sense.

Thoy