How can Diabetes 911 help equip readers to respond to emergency situations?
People have so many other things to deal with every day; when you add diabetes to the mix, it adds several more layers of complexity, and you can’t expect people to know everything. This book gives readers a background of the many different emergencies that people may face and gives information for how to address them. Someone who was diagnosed 20 years ago who has never had a severe low might not know what to do unless it’s something that they are reminded about, and this book does that. It gives the reader things to think about when it comes to hurricane or tornado seasons, traveling overseas or dealing with a relative with diabetes so they can be prepared. It’s intended to be a reference tool for those living with diabetes and, maybe more importantly, any number of people caring for them — caregivers, healthcare providers, camp directors, school teachers and nurses, emergency workers and disaster planners. Drs. Fox and Weber are diabetes emergency experts who treat patients with dia
