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8. Starting insulin pump therapy
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8.1 Getting ready
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Insulin Pump Therapy
How to use this learning module
1. Good habits to manage your blood glucose
2. About insulin pumps
2. About insulin pumps
2.1 Insulin pumps with and without tubing
2.2 What you must do on insulin pump therapy
2.3 What insulin pumps don't do
2.4 Learning Check
3. Comparing insulin pumps and injections
3. Comparing insulin pumps and injections
3.1 What's the same
3.2 Learning Check
3.3 What's different for bolus insulin
3.4 Learning Check
3.5 What's different for basal insulin
3.6 Learning Check
4. Insulin pump advantages
4. Insulin pump advantages
4.1 Learning Check
5. Insulin pump challenges
5. Insulin pump challenges
5.1 Learning Check
6. Diabetic ketoacidosis and insulin pump therapy
6. Diabetic ketoacidosis and insulin pump therapy
6.1 Safety kit and precautions
6.2 Learning Check
7. Tips for choosing an insulin pump
7. Tips for choosing an insulin pump
7.1 Before you buy
7.2 Insulin pumps you can get in Canada
7.3 Features to think about
8. Starting insulin pump therapy
8. Starting insulin pump therapy
8.1 Getting ready
8.2 What to expect in the first months
8.3 Learning Check
9. A day on insulin pump therapy
10. Insulin Pump Therapy Program (IPTP)
10. Insulin Pump Therapy Program (IPTP)
10.1 How to get coverage
11. Frequently Asked Questions
12. IPTP Questionnaire
Insulin Pump Therapy
8.1 Getting ready
There are a few things you need to do
before
you get your insulin pump.
Review the basics about diabetes, such as what it is and how to manage it.
Tell your doctor or diabetes team that you’re interested in insulin pump therapy. Ask how they can support you.
Think about your self-management habits and what you can do to make them better. See
Section 1: Good habits to manage your blood glucose
Find out everything you can about insulin pump therapy.
Current as of:
June 24, 2021
Author:
Diabetes, Obesity, and Nutrition Strategic Clinical Network, Alberta Health Services
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