swirlyglasses1 t1_jddwdfo wrote on March 23, 2023 at 6:17 PM

You are correct. It is absolutely against common medical teaching and 99% of prehospital protocols to put glucose paste or anything else in the mouth of an unconcious diabetic. Altered LOC, sure, but not unconcious.

I'm sure you also know as a nurse that it would be absolutely a bad idea to start administration of sugar or insulin prior to obtaining blood glucose.

jackyj888 t1_jddj23y wrote on March 23, 2023 at 4:53 PM

Reply to comment by Nimelennar in (Biology) How far down your spine can you break before respiratory impairment? by Anomaly-Friend

>Sure, but as a first aider, you're not typically trained to use it. I mean, it's not rocket science, but (IANAL, just someone who has taken a lot of first aid courses) Good Samaritan laws only tend to protect you within the scope of your training, and for anything you do outside of that training (like taking even a tiny blood sample), you can be held liable for if things go wrong.

It's more in scope than administration of sugars or insulin to a diabetic, which is typically a medic though sometimes an EMT skill.

Ting a first aid course or being first aid certified doesn't even include a scope of practice anyways.

>Of course, if the 911 operator instructs you to, that's fine (at that point, you're acting under their authority, rather than your own as a first aider), but it's not something I'd recommend taking initiative on.

Again, you can get someone killed by administration of sugar or insulin, and administration of sugar or insulin is beyond first aiders/Emr anyways.

Unlike using insulin or sugar, using a glucometer poses 0 risk to the patient unless you somehow manage to miss the finger and poke them in the eye or something.

>I was taught this is the only exception to that rule; a small amount of sugary gel (e.g. honey or icing), deposited in the cheek.

Big no no. Absolutely do not do this and this hasn't been recommended for like over 20 years, at least in the USA. An unconcious diabetic needs a line, not stuff put in their mouth.

Source: Degree in Paramedicine, and a career working as a medic on the ambulance.

Global_Lavishness_88 t1_jddh0ga wrote on March 23, 2023 at 4:41 PM

Reply to comment by canineraytube in Does the metal in the solid core of a rocky planet have any special properties? by VillagerNo4

I think that's because they are very rare and there isn't a lot of them

florinandrei t1_jddgxbj wrote on March 23, 2023 at 4:40 PM

Reply to comment by CrustalTrudger in Does the metal in the solid core of a rocky planet have any special properties? by VillagerNo4

> the core is predominantly iron with a small amount of nickel (constrained to being around 5%)

What is the constraint?

Best_Call_2267 t1_jddesrw wrote on March 23, 2023 at 4:27 PM

Reply to comment by simple_mech in Do insects have "meat" like other animals? I know that grubs, mealworms, etc. are eaten in some parts of the world, but if, for instance, beetles were the size of cows, could you butcher one and make beetle steak? by 9RFCat9

In the UK you can buy them in Selfridges food court. There's one in London and Brum.

You can buy scorpion lollies and meal worn snacks too. 😃

You may find some online outside the UK.

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Reply to Does the metal in the solid core of a rocky planet have any special properties? by VillagerNo4

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simple_mech t1_jddeczm wrote on March 23, 2023 at 4:24 PM

Reply to comment by Best_Call_2267 in Do insects have "meat" like other animals? I know that grubs, mealworms, etc. are eaten in some parts of the world, but if, for instance, beetles were the size of cows, could you butcher one and make beetle steak? by 9RFCat9

Umm… where do you get these from?

mejelic t1_jdddi50 wrote on March 23, 2023 at 4:18 PM

Reply to comment by CrustalTrudger in Does the metal in the solid core of a rocky planet have any special properties? by VillagerNo4

Since the core is liquid, do the other elements have to form an alloy? Could they just be floating around in there?

[deleted] t1_jdddcjc wrote on March 23, 2023 at 4:17 PM

Reply to comment by No_Constant8644 in Do insects have "meat" like other animals? I know that grubs, mealworms, etc. are eaten in some parts of the world, but if, for instance, beetles were the size of cows, could you butcher one and make beetle steak? by 9RFCat9

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Solid-Ad-2710 t1_jddcrb9 wrote on March 23, 2023 at 4:14 PM

Reply to comment by IPv6Guy in Does the metal in the solid core of a rocky planet have any special properties? by VillagerNo4

When I saw the question, I was expecting CoastalTrudger to be here lol. Dude knows everything about geology and always has high quality responses

dfgdfgadf4444 t1_jddbb9x wrote on March 23, 2023 at 4:05 PM

Reply to comment by Greyswandir in When people can’t walk it means they have broken neural pathways. Then why can’t you just connect them? by CuteAlexaL

Thank you!

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canineraytube t1_jddaj5o wrote on March 23, 2023 at 4:00 PM

Reply to comment by CrustalTrudger in Does the metal in the solid core of a rocky planet have any special properties? by VillagerNo4

>Actually, no.

But the four densest elements—osmium, iridium, platinum, and rhenium—are all in fact highly siderophilic. So wouldn’t we still expect a high concentration of those to be found at the very center of the inner core?

NotPotatoMan t1_jdda1gt wrote on March 23, 2023 at 3:56 PM

Reply to Do whales and sharks etc. have any sense of their location in the ocean, or do they live a life simply “lost at sea”? by Legitimate-BurnerAcc

Like many other animals that travel large distances, they rely on sensing the earth’s magnetic field. The exact mechanism is still not known, but some preliminary studies in humans have shown that we also react to magnetic fields with changing brain waves, and it’s thought that these animals have a more advanced version. This is why magnets are used as a form of shark repellant.

Fresh_Macaron_6919 t1_jdd9m95 wrote on March 23, 2023 at 3:54 PM

Reply to Is it possible to tell which parent a somatic chromosome came from without testing the parents? by WillMammoth

>if any epigenetic chromosomal markings are more associated with one sex or anything like that.

Yes, this is the main thing that separates animals like ligers (M lion/F tiger) and tions (F lion/M tiger) as well as mules(M donkey/F horse) and hinnies(F donkey/M horse). Biologists wondered for a long time why these hybrids were so different depending on the sex of their parents, with the only significant, apparent factor being different womb environments. As it turns out the epigenetics differ depending on sex, which significantly effects the development of offspring even if the genes they received from their parents were the same.

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