Participants will be able to understand: Participants will be able to understand

Participants will be able to understand:

• Participants will be able to understand:

• Basic types and features of insulin pumps

• What pumps do

• Essential information and skills for key school personnel who might perform or assist in entering data or delivering insulin with a pump

Battery operated device about the size of a pager

• Battery operated device about the size of a pager

• Reservoir filled with insulin

• Computer chip with user control of insulin delivery

• Worn 24 hours per day

• Delivers only rapid-acting insulin

Based on what body does naturally

• Based on what body does naturally

• - Small amounts of insulin all the time (basal insulin)
• - Extra doses to cover each meal or snack (bolus insulin)

• Precision, micro-drop insulin delivery

• Flexibility

• Ease of correction for high blood glucose levels

“Bells and Whistles”

• “Bells and Whistles”

• Many pumps will calculate bolus dosages

• Some pumps communicate with blood glucose meters, or continuous glucose monitors

• Tracking active insulin

• Temporary basal rates

• Limitations:

• Pumps rely on input from humans to calculate dosing; the user can override pump-calculated doses

How to deliver routine boluses for carbs and high blood glucose

• How to deliver routine boluses for carbs and high blood glucose

• Signs/symptoms that pump site may need to be changed

• When an injection by pen or syringe is indicated

• How to disconnect or “suspend” the pump

• in event the student becomes unconscious or seizes or
• if instructed by the parent/guardian or diabetes care provider, e.g. during P.E.

Infusion set

• Infusion set

• Reservoir

• Insulin

• Skin prep items

• Alcohol wipes

• Syringe (in case of malfunction)

• Pump batteries

• Inserter (if used)

• Manufacturers manual, alarm card