A 14-year-old girl presents after an intentional insulin overdose. Your risk assessment suggests a potentially lethal overdose and she is hypoglycaemic. Later, history reveals she is not diabetic and that the insulin belongs to her mother. Her mother presents to triage demanding to see her, but the patient does not want her mother contacted about the attendance.
List four key history features that influence your toxicological risk assessment. Provide a justification for each.
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List three other biochemical complications of insulin overdose.
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State how her non-diabetic status changes downstream management compared with insulin overdose in a diabetic patient.
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State three key considerations when determining whether to permit her mother into the treatment bay.
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