Glucose gel dosage?

• A. 1 tablet
• B. 2 tubes
• C. 1 tube or until pt is alert
• D. 0.5 tube

Answer: (C)

The main idea here is giving a fast-acting, single-dose glucose to a hypoglycemic patient who can swallow and protect their airway. Glucose gel is used buccally (between the cheek and gum) so it’s absorbed quickly through the mucous membranes. The recommended approach is to administer one tube (about 15 grams) and then reassess. You continue monitoring and stop once the patient becomes alert or their mental status returns to normal. This single-dose strategy minimizes the risk of overcorrection while providing a rapid boost in blood glucose.

Other options are less appropriate because they either under- or over-dosing is less aligned with standard field practice, or refer to a different form (a tablet) that isn’t the intended preparation for buccal glucose gel. In patients who cannot swallow or who are unconscious, this gel isn’t suitable and other routes (like IV dextrose or glucagon) would be used instead.