Energizer 715 User Manual
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26 Chapter: 3
Bolus practice:
Going through the menus, program a 2.0 unit Normal bolus now.
Check here if you were able to program it.
Using the express bolus button
, program a 2.0 unit Normal bolus now.
Check here if you were able to program it.
Normal meal bolus practice using exchanges:
Choose a meal you might eat and fill in the blanks.
Food:
__________
exchange:
____________
__________
exchange:
____________
__________
exchange:
____________
total exchanges:
____________
You will take
_______
units of insulin for each exchange. Your total bolus is
_______
for this meal.
Normal meal bolus using carbohydrate counting
Lydia has been taught that she needs to take 1 unit of insulin for every 10 grams of carbohydrate. This is
her insulin to carbohydrate ratio. For dinner she will have:
4 oz. broiled chicken
0 grams
2/3 cup of rice
30 grams
½ cup cooked broccoli
5 grams
1 oz. dinner roll
15 grams
1 tsp margarine
0 grams
____________
total grams of carbohydrates =
50 grams
Lydia's dinner totals 50 grams of carbohydrate. Her insulin to carbohydrate ratio is 1 unit: 10 grams. She
will take a meal bolus of 5 units for her dinner. She determined this by dividing 50 (total grams of
carbohydrate) by 10 (insulin to carbohydrate ratio).