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Louca is a 71-year-old man who has had Type 2 diabetes for 15 years. He also have hypertension. Louca is a retired librarian who lives with his wife and dog. He have been overweight most of his life and is currently classified as obese with a BMI of 38. Louca’s father was a Type 2 diabetic and died from a stroke at the age of 70. To manage his diabetes, Louca’s GP has referred him to a Diabetes Education Centre to help manage this condition and to receive guidance from the multidisciplinary team. Louca’s GP has prescribed the following medications to help manage his diabetes and hypertension: · 500mg Metformin BD · 120mg SR Gliclazide mane · 50mg Metoprolol BD Louca has been encouraged to take his BGLs twice daily, but he often forget. Now that he has retired, he spends considerable amounts of time sitting down and enjoying sweet cakes and treats at the local Men’s Shed. A month or so ago Louca noticed a wound on the base of his right foot. Today Louca has decided to go to his local Diabetes Education Centre to inform them about this wound. Upon getting ready Louca started experiencing abdominal pain, nausea and diarrhoea. He decided to postpone going to the Diabetes Education Centre until he felt better. Despite feeling unwell, Louca still took his medications as prescribed (above). Louca remained in bed for the rest of the morning. By 1700hrs Louca’s wife became concerned as he had not eaten or drunk anything all day; had been vomiting and was becoming increasingly drowsy. Louca’s wife decided to call an ambulance. 1730 hours: Louca has arrived in the Emergency Department. The paramedics explain that he is confused, drowsy and has slurred speech, that he wakes with stimulus, is pale, cold and clammy. The most recent vital signs obtained by the paramedics are as follows: HR 118bpm, BP 104/58, RR 24, SpO2 100%, Temp 36.5, and their BGL was 3.2mmol/L 5 minutes ago. Louca’s wife is present, and she is very distressed. Do a CRC Care Plan for the patient using the information above

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