1. Are You A Candidate For An Insulin Pump?

2. Who is A Candidate People of all ages with a diagnosis of
Type 1 diabetes
Type 2 diabetes
Insurance companies and Medicare may dictate if a person is a candidate

3. Requirements When Wearing A Pump
Checking Blood sugars every 3-4 hours
Learning how to use the pump
Knowing how to count carbohydrates
Changing your site every hours
Troubleshooting the pump
Wearing the pump on a daily basis

4. Advantages of an Insulin Pump
Eliminates multiple Insulin Injection with a syringe
Pumps deliver insulin more accurately
May improve A1c
May result in fewer large swings in BG levels
More flexible about when and what you eat

5. Advantages May improve your quality of life
May reduce severe hypoglycemia
Eliminates Unpredictable Effects of intermediate or long-acting insulin
Pumps may allow you to exercise without having to eat large amounts of carbohydrates

6. Disadvantages Risk of Infection
May need to check blood sugar more frequently
Wearing a pump can be bothersome during various times of the day

7. Disadvantages Starting on a pump may take work and patience
It may take several months to get comfortable with the pump
May be expensive
May put you at increase risk of DKA

8. What Is A Insulin Pump? Programmable device that holds insulin
May or may not require tubing
Are the size of a pager
Require insertion under the skin with a needle
A cannula remains under skin for 2-3 days and is the port for the insulin

9. How Insulin Pumps Work?
Insulin Pumps require short acting insulin and are delivered as
Basal/continuous rates
Bolus doses to cover food
Correction or supplemental doses

10. Basal Rates Insulin that is delivered continuously over 24 hours
Different amounts can be programmed throughout the day
Fast acting insulin is used and eliminates the need for lantus/levemir

11. Bolus Doses Cover carbohydrates in meals
Are set up as a ratio or correction
Can be programmed at different times of day
Can bring you back into your target range

12. Take the Behavioral Diabetes Institute’s Pump Quiz
Helps you learn more about your feelings about the pump
Provides you with interviews of people with similar concerns
Provides you with a discomfort score
Highlights your major concerns

13. To Pump, or Not To Pump