Patients & caregivers
Tools for patients
& caregivers
These practical materials can help you understand, manage and prevent hypoglycaemia—either in yourself or in other people in your care. Feel free to share these materials with others involved in caring for people with diabetes.
Brochures and Infographics
Tip sheet for managing low blood sugar in children (also available in Spanish)
Eli Lilly 2022
What is your rescue plan?
Diabetes Canada & Eli Lilly Canada
2023 ADA Standards of Care
ADA 2023
15-15 Rule
ADA 2023
How high is your risk for severe hypoglycaemia?
International Hypoglycaemia Study Group (IHSG) 2018
Understanding hypoglycaemia
American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) 2014
Managing and preventing hypoglycaemia
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) 2013
Media and Training Tools
Hypoglycemia: Recognizing and managing low blood sugar
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto Canada
Action plan [for teachers]
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Video: "Safe at school"
American Diabetes Association (ADA)
Glucagon emergency administration [for school personnel]
American Diabetes Association (ADA)
Video: How to give a glucagon injection [for care providers]
National Health Service (NHS) UK
Diabetic Hypoglycaemia: New Thinking, Net Tools
EASD Symposium 2017
- Presentation from the IHSG symposium at the EASD in Lisbon, Portugal on 14 September.
Diabetic Hypoglycaemia: Questions and Controversies
International Hypoglycaemia Study Group (IHSG) 2016
- The IHSG symposium presentation from the 9th World Congress on Prevention of Diabetes and its Complications in Atlanta, USA
Hypoglycaemia Expert Meeting
International Hypoglycaemia Study Group (IHSG) 2015
- Presentation from the IHSG event at the 2015 IDF World Diabetes Congress in Vancouver, Canada
Current Developments in Diabetic Hypoglycaemia
International Hypoglycaemia Study Group (IHSG) 2014
- Slides presented by the IHSG at a symposium at the 50th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes in Vienna, Austria