Diabetes films for health & social care professionals

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If you are living with  or caring for someone with diabetes you might also find these films useful.

Hyperglycaemia and Type 1

A film about the importance of identifying and treating the underlying cause of high blood glucose levels.

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Hyperglycaemia and Type 2

It is very tempting to give one-off doses of insulin without a proper assessment in response to high blood glucose levels but this action can sometimes mask more serious clinical situations.

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Preventing Hypos in Hospital

This guide to preventing hypos in your inpatients has been created by NHS consultant Dr Sam Rice, DSN Chris Cottrell and their team at Prince Phillip Hospital in Wales. It is trying to work as a reminder – to capture all the key information that you need to know as quickly and efficiently as possible. It is hard to find time to do training on the ward – hence this attempt to create something that you can watch on your phone at a convenient moment. It is about 4 minutes long.

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Insulin Safety in Hospital

Award-winning film about improving insulin safety in hospital for general use. It runs through golden rules, administration of insulin, different types and different ways of delivering it to patients. It has been shown to improve patient safety.

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Insulin Safety (Australian version)

This film takes the essential information about insulin safety and applies it specifically for people working in community settings. It’s been written by experienced community nurses who have done the job themselves and understand it really well.

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Insulin Safety in the Community​

This film takes the essential information about insulin safety and applies it specifically for people working in community settings. It’s been written by experienced community nurses who have done the job themselves and understand it really well.

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Essential Insulin Information

This film explains what insulin does, why the body needs it and delivers a straight forward introduction to the types of insulins available and when they should be used. See the rest of the insulin safety films for more detail on the different kinds of insulin you might come across and important things to look out for. If you want to know more about counting carbohydrates then watch this film for more information about how to go about it and why it is important. www.medic.video/carbcount

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Insulin Pen Introduction

A general introduction to insulin pens. See the rest of the films for more detail on the different kinds of insulin you might come across and important things to look out for.

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Rapid and Short Acting Insulins

This film introduces commonly used rapid and short-acting insulins and gives practical advice about when they should ideally be given.

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Long Acting or Basal Insulin

A guide to long-acting insulins and how long they actually do last in the body. Has reminders about checking the strengths of the insulin in the pen.

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GLP-1 Injectibles

Not all injected diabetes medication is insulin! Here is a guide to GLP-1 injectables.

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Intermediate Insulins

Summary of intermediate insulins. Short and to the point!

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Mixed Insulins

The key message in this film is that the timing of when you give mixed insulin is CRITICAL.

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SGLT2 Inhibitors

Introducing SGLT2s… what they are, how they work and how they can help your patients during normal circumstances. Please refer to the next film in the series that advises on how they should be used during the COVID crisis.

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SGLT2s + COVID-19

During the COVID19 crisis, clinicians are advising some people to stop taking SGLT2s. This film explains who should stop using them. Do watch the other film about SGLT2s as it is relevant to those people who are able to continue using them.

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