The PostCare™ Diabetes Video Series
Injecting Insulin
How Do You Inject Insulin? The goal is to inject the insulin into the subcutaneous tissue between the top layer of the skin, the dermis and the underlying muscle layer. The only concentration of in...
Insulin Pens
What are Insulin Pens? Insulin pens are devices that can provide an easy way to carry and give insulin when away from home. Also, for people who are not comfortable working with syringes and bottle...
Insulin Types
What Are the Different Insulin Types? Insulin Types are hormones normally made in the pancreas that stimulates the flow of sugar – glucose – from the blood into the cells of the body. Glucose provi...
Mixing Insulin
How Do You Mix Insulin? Your doctor or diabetes educator may ask you to mix a short-acting or clear insulin with an intermediate or long acting cloudy insulin in the same syringe so that both can b...
Monitoring Your Blood Sugar
How Do You Monitor Your Blood Sugar? Monitoring and tightly controlling your blood sugar level can significantly reduce the risk of complications due to diabetes and provide you with a higher quali...
Storage of Insulins
How Do You Store Your Insulin? Storage of insulins before and after you open the vials or cartridges is very important. Unopened insulins are best kept in the refrigerator. This provides a constan...
Share the PreOp Heart Video Center