@@jimmieburleigh9549he tried to help his friend. But he could have easily choked to death. Kinda stupid..... Let's just say, there a lot of those around
Nah man that's what we call pure stupidity. If the person is still breathing and you can't do anything you just put them in the recovery position, call emergency, and wait. If they stop breathing you start CPR. That's it. This could have killed him faster than a diabetic coma.
@@minimushrooomactually, the cake icing was exactly what you’re supposed to do, get a little in there then rub it on their gums. The candies in his mouth, however, were defs a choking hazard.
I've had the glucose bars as a kid. It literally looked like a white chocolate bar, but tasted awful!! If the glucose gel tastes anything like that, no thanks 😅
Literally the same? Really? Cake icing is 50% carbs sure, but 50% fat. If I'd use that instead of glucose gel my nephew would be obese. It's terrible for someone trying to control their weight as we can eat 50% carbs daily but only 20% fat
There are always some comments along these lines in his videos so while I agree, i never felt the need to repeat, but I just realized a detail that makes it even more impressive: His lack of hair. Lots of youtube vid makers, when doing more than one character will add hair (whether wigs or simply towels - kinda genius that) or change their hair for each... This guy just does the different outfits and, like, becomes completely different people who you only realize have the same face if you really think about it 😄so great!
I once fainted in a church and a few well meaning old ladys thought I might be diabetic or dehydrated. I finally woke choking on gummy bears and water.
I'm so glad you didn't aspirate!! I can only imagine these old ladies digging through their purses to find a ziploc of gummy bears and shoving them in your mouth 😂
@@abog4174 Probably 10 year old gummy bears that were rock solid. ;) Good thing it wasn't a "cool" granny and accidentally grabbed the "good" gummies ;)
Sir, we appreciate the amount of work that goes into making these skits and you as a paramedic dealing with the weirdest scenarios imaginable. I’m glad this all ended well and I love how you and your coworker’s already so nonchalant at the end there. 😂
@@deharca88Insulin is the last thing you would want to do if someone is unresponsive because their blood sugar is LOW. Insulin would just make it go lower. On the other hand, an injection of glucagon would be appropriate. If they were injecting something that came out of a red plastic box, that would be glucagon.
meanwhile there is a funny story about how two dudes were walking down a street and one guy (diabetic) had a hypo. While about to pass out he asked his friend to fetch him a sweet drink, so the friend runs to the convenience store and comes back with.... coke zero! eventually paramedics came and he came around. When they questioned the friend why he bought coke zero he said: "oh he's diabetic he can't have sugary drinks"
This has me dying. Laughed so hard. Didn't expect the mints cascading from his blue-green mouth. 😂😂😂 Dude was using macgyver tactics to save his friend.
Right? At least he cared, and his heart was in the right place. In a panicked situation, he did what he thought was best. Would I do that? No, but that's because my mom is a diabetic so I know better.
That is two forms of the US Southern definition of "Bless his heart": 1. "Bless him, his heart is in the right place;" and 2. "Bless him, he tries hard but he'll literally kill a body with kind intentions."
@tessat338 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I just saw a video elsewhere about that ! Could mean , "Oh you poor thing/ you sweet thing " Or "Oh, what a dumbass." Yeah, this friend is both😊
To be fair, I had a diabetic roommate (type 1) who kept a tube of icing around with instructions for me to do exactly this while waiting for paramedics if she ever passed out from low blood sugar.
I tell EMT students that if they don't have a tube of the regular glucose, they can use cake icing in a pinch. But DON'T use the blue icing. It makes them look cyanotic when the ER nurse looks at them.
@waroftheworlds2008 I was taught in first aid classes 25 years ago that we should very specifically use green icing (and keep it in our first aid kits) because while we do have SOME green in our bodies (like bile) it's the color least likely to be confused for something else when medical staff get to them...but, as I said, that was 25 years ago...there's a good chance there's newer, better information and/or supplies now... (I went to several different elementary schools because we were a military family and they ALL had both smelling salts and small tubes of green icing, the translucent kind that's mostly for writing on the top of a cake, taped either to the phones or beside them if the phones were wall mounted.)
Love your content. I've only had 3 experiences with fire rescue outside of family. I gotta say I'm in awe of you guys. I volunteered in KY back in like 2009 to fight the mountain fires and we just followed the fire fighters with shovels and stuff to put out embers. I went in to a cabin that was on fire to make sure it was empty and I don't know that I would ever make that same decision...idk maybe if I knew someone was trapped but people do that shit on the regular like that's nuts to me...its really another level. I had a heart attack, it was like the lowest most mild type but my BP was the actual issue...I remember the spray under the tongue and that one paramedic bent a needle in my arm but got me to the er...crazy part is it was during the worst blizzard we'd ever seen in that part of KY and road conditions were bad, real bad. Guys probably saved my life. Then more recent I sliced my hand to the bone around my pinky and was gushing. Long story short wife called 911 and they took me but the dr I got was a complete tool douche bag who I later found out had hundreds of complaints. Paramedic was with me waiting for something to be signed. I walked out after the dr said something smart to my wife and I had to leave before I threatened violence...paramedic chased me down and talked to me...gave me some advice on how to take care of it at home until I could come back or see my regular dr. He didn't have to do that and Probably wasn't supposed to but it made a huge difference. My point is everyone who works fire and rescue deserves way more credit for what they do. So thank you for the content and thank you for all you've done or do.
As a nurse, that's honestly not the worst idea if you have no medical knowledge. Edit: I commented this before finishing the video. I did not see the mints lol
The mints are a choking hazard especially with the patient lying on his back so I wouldn't do that but there's worse ways to deal with a hypo for sure.
@@feritperliare2890 Diabetic girlfriend said it's safer to put stuff in their mouth sublingually, absorbed better and faster and also they won't accidentally swallow it I guess?
Without a doubt, one of the funniest videos I've seen! All the facial expressions made me laugh so hard my throat hurt! I have watched this so many times, but yet it does not lose it's humor. Have subscribed on this video alone. Absolutely love it. Please keep it up!
The worst thing I've ever experienced with EMS is "We're almost there Adam, you're doing a great job staying awake, just keep your eyes open, tell me about yourself" then the male EMS member grabbing her shoulder, pointing at the monitor as I turn to the side and blood comes out my mouth/nose (not sure but I think I vomited it, I can't really remember) then hearing the female EMS person say "Fowlers, sedate and kings airway" then turning to me and saying something, but next thing I remembered was waking up with a sore throat (they just took the breathing tube thingy out) and the Doctor saying "you're extremely lucky to still be here" and I responded with, "Sorry, I think I threw up in the ambulance"
I remember almost going to sleep because of a low, honestly it got peaceful near the end, I couldn’t feel the bad symptoms of the low and was just extremely tired. Kinda hard to sleep when there’s a person shaking you constantly while shoving food in-front of you
Gel icing is pure glucose plus food coloring, so not the worst idea. The mints won't dissolve fast enough to be helpful, and being unconscious he might choke on them.
I’ve seen people with diabetes in the past, and they repeatedly tell their friends that “if anything happens to me, call an ambulance and wait for them. Do not attempt to fix the problem yourself.” Those are the exact words they use
my mom has instructed me to put the contents of a sugar packet in her mouth. if she's low, it'll bring her up a little; if she's high, a little extra won't change much
TAKE ME in the car to the hospital DO NOT call an ambulance*, do NOT put anything in my mouth. DO NOT INJECT ANYTHING in me. *my OOP is 5000 i do NOT want to pay for the ambulance on top of the hospital.
Personally all my friends and family have been given lessons on how to read my cgm to know if I'm low or high and then how to give any emergency meds if needed for a low and call 911. My doctor would kill me if I didn't make sure the people I spend the most time with knew the basics.
As a type 1 diabetic if a person you know has a hypoglycemia episode and they don’t have a glucagon kit, your best bet is to call an ambulance and whilst waiting feed them honey using your finger. Imagine washing your teeth using your finger do that but with a finger filled with honey.
I’m a scout leader for scouts of Canada and we have a few kids in the group who happen to be type one diabetic and we always carry something sweet around to keep their sugars up to be safe as well as their glucagon kits in case of an emergency and so far we have only had one and thankfully the kid was fine
As a trainee paramedic, do *not* put your finger in the mouth of someone in a hypoglycaemic episode unless you're willing to lose it if they start seizing
@@callumcochrane7759 Wouldn't you be able to avoid that if your finger is not inside they're teeth and just the outer side near the gum? because you want the honey to melt and metabolize in they're mouth. Honestly I've been a type 1 diabetic for 13 years now and my mother was able to save me 2 times without a glucagon kit just using the method I described.
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The look on the patients face when he realized his mouth was full of mints! 😂😂😂
As a diabetic myself the cake icing in the gums is actually pretty smart- the key is to make sure they dont choke - hard life saver candies were actually designed with that in minrd if im not mistaken
@@anyjendefinitely not ... never put anything in their mouths that they can choke on... hence the "liquid sugar" trick. I'm guessing high fructose corn syrup would work the best, even more so than honey
I’m type 1 diabetic too. As much as it sucks, it’s best to just eat as healthily as possible. Carbs, fat, protein all absorb at such different rates, and the stomach can only process so much food at once, that eating food that requires a lot of insulin can be kind of dangerous.
@@DES.REVER.DESIGNS High Fructose Corn Syrup and Honey are both roughly the same concentration of fructose and glucose (a few percent here and there due to natural variation in Honey). Honey has about 1-2% sucrose as well. It's not enough of a difference to matter from a "sugar" perspective. Honey does have additional compounds in it, which give it its color, flavor, and which can trigger a (rare) allergy.
When I was diagnosed with T1D, the nurses told my family to have tubes of icing on hand in case this sort of thing ever occurred. The mint thing is a new one for me... EDIT Some people seem to think I'm taking the mint thing seriously??? It's sarcasm???????? Why would I want to choke on a mint????????????????????????
A recent development in the medical field found the mints to be helpful against bad breath... The same study also mentioned putting mints into the mouth of an uncontions person may lead to undesired results.
since mints are solids the person can easily choke on them if they are not fully awake or not awake at all. you want to use something like icing since it is not a thin liquid nor a solid
@@madtabby66icing melts into something more liquidy at around 98 F. It dissolves nicely while it’s in your mouth. Honey stays viscous. Icing would be safer to use than honey. Plus it’s also safer because if you have a weak immune system. Honey can give you botulism. Icing is the better option. But glucose kits are even better than that. Icing should be used as a backup.
Saved my dads life one time with cake icing in his gums. His blood sugar was 21 and almost in a coma. It raised it to 60 and he was conscious again by the Time the paramedics arived.
For your information when a they go low they will be unresponsive and it will be like trying to convince a drunk toddler to eat. Honey on the finger and rub the gums and that will be enough to bring them back to consciousness and they can drink a soda and get high enough to move
Here in the uk because of the new sugar tax you’d be hard pushed to find any soft drinks with actual sugar. Everything is sugar free, zero or artificial sweetener. 😞
@@ezura4760 Its very easy to get a sugary drink here in the UK. Apple/orange juice are simple ones that can be used. Lucozade and Coke both work as well. Energy drinks also work quite well. Diet versions should always be avoided though.
Cake icing IS much better idea than the mints, but 3 points here-- 1. You're supposed to finger-feed icing to the victim sub-lingually (i.e., underneath tongue) or else rub it on his/her gums. 2. Prolly best to roll victim onto his/her side & elevate head slightly, so he's less likely to choke that way, and 3. Unless Blue is the ONLY kind of icing on hand, I'd recommend using a different colour, so ER staff do not see it later & think he's cyanotic.
@@NotAStanAccountAs someone who has had a bad experience with administering first aid to an unconscious person before I *HIGHLY* recommend applying it to the gums instead of under the tongue. Unless it's vital to patient care always avoid sticking your finger past the teeth... trust me lol.
Actually I’m a type 1 diabetic and if you witness someone pass out from a hypo and you don’t have any glucagon, rubbing honey or sugar on the inside of their gums will allow them to absorb sugar. My friend has actually woken me up this way and he ended up not needing glucagon.
I am so glad I’ve given everyone around me knowledge of how to save me if necessary. Dear god. Hahaha But good on the friend for being “on top of it” and calling the paramedics too!!
I’m a diabetic. Yes icing can help but there are other things that work better. Icing is still good though. But this was absolutely hilarious and I loved this! And I’m surprised you survived all these wacky paramedic calls!
my nursing instructor with an EMS background told us a story of a lady at an office party and hypoglycemic/unresponsive…her coworkers put cupcake icing up her butt to be absorbed 😭😭
I'm from a family of diabetics. I've always heard of someone passes out from hypoglycemia to put peanut butter under the person's tongue while waiting for the paramedics
He's clearly listened on what to do, but lost the fine details. He absorbed "sugar in the mouth" but forgot it's honey not just any sugar. And, you know, aspiration.
@@FURF0XSAKE honey has some properties due to already being partially digested by bees that it absorbs faster but it’s mostly negate-able in this situation (if they’re that low they need help regardless). It’s more prevalent for marathon runners who use it and energy jelly etc.
Passed out from extreme period pain in a restaurant once, woke up nearly choking with my mouth shoved full of almond joy bars because the staff thought I had passed out from low blood sugar or something. Grateful for their concern and desire to help, but... yeah, don't do that.
