Diabetes educational videos

Below are resources that can help you and your child better manage his or her diabetes. These videos are intended to help learning, but may not exactly reflect your child’s diabetes plan. Please consult your team for specific information.


Day 1 bundle

These videos review what is discussed on day 1 of education. This can be viewed before if desired and can be viewed after to reinforce learning.

 

What is Diabetes?

Description: Overview of diabetes.

 

Insulin

Description: How insulin works and types of insulin.

 

Carbohydrates

Description: Carbohydrates, nutrition label reading, and counting carbs.

 

Blood sugar target

Description: Target blood sugar ranges.

 

How to give an insulin injection

Description: Steps on giving an insulin injection properly

 

Comfort during blood sugar checks and insulin injections

Description: Comfort during pokes.

 

Insulin storage

Description: How to store insulin.

 

Checking blood sugars

Description: How to check a blood sugar.

 

Recording blood sugar and insulin

Description: How to use a log sheet to record blood sugar and insulin.

 

Diabetes supplies

Description: Overview of diabetes supplies.


Day 2 bundle

These videos review what is discussed on day 2 of education. This can be viewed before if desired and can be viewed after to reinforce learning.

 

High blood sugar

Description: Overview of high blood sugars (symptoms and treatment).

 

Ketones

Description: Overview of ketones and diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). How to test for ketones.

 

Low blood sugar

Description: Overview of low blood sugars (symptoms and treatment).

 

Activity and blood sugar

Description: Overview of activity and how it affects blood sugars. Disclaimer: Your child may have a different plan for snacks around activity and may not give a blood sugar correction at bedtime. Speak with the diabetes team about what to do.

 

Emergencies and urgent calls

Description: Overview of emergencies and urgent calls.


Day 3 bundle

These videos review what is discussed on day 3 of education. This can be viewed before if desired and can be viewed after to reinforce learning.

 

Insulin dose

Description: Overview of insulin dose calculation. Disclaimer: The video uses a similar, but slightly different method of determining your child’s insulin dose. During class, the team will teach you how to calculate your child’s dose.

 

Review: emergencies and urgent calls

Description: Overview of emergencies and urgent calls.

 

Review: carbohydrates

Description: Carbohydrates, nutrition label reading, and counting carbs.