Description of Event or Problem · 1
ON (B)(6) 2010, PT REPORTED APPROX A YEAR AGO, HER NEIGHBOR FOUND HER UNRESPONSIVE AND EMERGENCY TECHNICIANS WERE CALLED; WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSP. PT STATED WHILE AT THE HOSP, THEY WERE UNABLE TO GET A BLOOD GLUCOSE RESULT ON THEIR METERS; THEY WERE JUST READING "HI". PT REPORTED THEY DREW BLOOD AND THE BLOOD GLUCOSE READING THEY OBTAINED WAS 2100 MG/DL. PT'S NORMAL BLOOD GLUCOSE RANGE IS 140-200 MG/DL. TREATMENT RECEIVED WAS NOT PROVIDED. PT STATED, THE INFUSION DEVICE DID NOT GIVE ANY ALERTS OR ERRORS. PT IS NOT CURRENTLY USING THE INFUSION DEVICE; HAS NOT BEEN USING THE DEVICE FOR 6 MONTHS. PT DECLINED THE OFFER OF A REPLACEMENT DEVICE. PT REPORTED, HER DOCTOR DOES NOT WANT HER TO BE ON AN INSULIN INFUSION DEVICE. REQUESTED RETURN OF THE ALLEGED INFUSION DEVICE FOR EVALUATION.