{"id":43422,"date":"2026-01-25T00:24:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T22:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/patient-treated-after-experiencing-a-diabetic-coma-due-to-severe-hypoglycaemia\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T00:24:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T22:24:56","slug":"patient-treated-after-experiencing-a-diabetic-coma-due-to-severe-hypoglycaemia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/patient-treated-after-experiencing-a-diabetic-coma-due-to-severe-hypoglycaemia\/","title":{"rendered":"Patient treated after experiencing a diabetic coma due to severe hypoglycaemia."},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this afternoon, PVES practitioners and responders were dispatched to a residential address for an unresponsive adult male. Upon arrival on scene, alongside Gauteng Emergency Medical Services, it was established that the patient was experiencing a diabetic coma due to severe hypoglycaemia.<\/p>\n

Immediate medical intervention was initiated, and lifesaving dextrose was administered to correct the patient’s blood glucose levels. Following treatment, the patient regained consciousness, with a positive response to care.<\/p>\n

The patient was further managed on scene and prepared for ongoing medical evaluation.<\/p>\n

Thank you too IER Integrated Emergency Response for your assistance.<\/p>\n

Thank you to all responding services for swift and coordinated care.<\/p>\n

Diabetic emergencies can be life-threatening — early recognition and prompt treatment save lives….<\/p>\n

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Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Earlier this afternoon, PVES practitioners and responders were dispatched to a residential address for an unresponsive adult male. Upon arrival on scene, alongside Gauteng Emergency Medical Services, it was established that the patient was experiencing a diabetic coma due to severe hypoglycaemia. Immediate medical intervention was initiated, and lifesaving dextrose was administered to correct the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43423,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/622074299_122172164402596882_4964970842212937190_n.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[164],"class_list":["post-43422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents","tag-gauteng"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/622074299_122172164402596882_4964970842212937190_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}