QMA INSULIN ADMINISTRATION UPDATED EXAM SCRIPT
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What is the normal range for fasting blood glucose or before meals blood glucose -
✔✔70-110
✔✔What prevents fat from being broken down into excessive amounts of substance
called keystones - ✔✔Insulin
✔✔What are keystones ? - ✔✔Chemicals your liver makes when you don't have
enough insulin in your body to turn sugar into energy
✔✔What is the process of ketoacidosis ? - ✔✔When keystones buildup in the blood it
makes the blood acidic
✔✔What is insulin important for protein utilization in the body ? - ✔✔With out glucose in
the cells the body will break down proteins in the body you need
✔✔What is diabetes mellitus? - ✔✔A disease in which the body does not produce or
respond properly to insulin
✔✔polydipsia - ✔✔excessive thirst
✔✔polyuria - ✔✔excessive urination
✔✔polyphagia - ✔✔excessive hunger
✔✔When does the endocrine system release (adrenaline) or the fight or flight hormone
- ✔✔In an effort to pull itself out of the hypoglycemic state.
✔✔What 3 things can happen if glucose levels stays too low too long ? - ✔✔Seizures ,
coma , and death
✔✔warm and dry - ✔✔sugar is high
✔✔Cold and clammy - ✔✔need some candy
✔✔What kind of foods should be monitored ? - ✔✔Sugar and sugar containing food
✔✔Why are hypoglycemic medications given ? - ✔✔To stimulate insulin secretions in
the pancreas
Decreases the amount of glucose released by the liver
Delay the digestion of carbohydrates in the diet
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What is the normal range for fasting blood glucose or before meals blood glucose -
✔✔70-110
✔✔What prevents fat from being broken down into excessive amounts of substance
called keystones - ✔✔Insulin
✔✔What are keystones ? - ✔✔Chemicals your liver makes when you don't have
enough insulin in your body to turn sugar into energy
✔✔What is the process of ketoacidosis ? - ✔✔When keystones buildup in the blood it
makes the blood acidic
✔✔What is insulin important for protein utilization in the body ? - ✔✔With out glucose in
the cells the body will break down proteins in the body you need
✔✔What is diabetes mellitus? - ✔✔A disease in which the body does not produce or
respond properly to insulin
✔✔polydipsia - ✔✔excessive thirst
✔✔polyuria - ✔✔excessive urination
✔✔polyphagia - ✔✔excessive hunger
✔✔When does the endocrine system release (adrenaline) or the fight or flight hormone
- ✔✔In an effort to pull itself out of the hypoglycemic state.
✔✔What 3 things can happen if glucose levels stays too low too long ? - ✔✔Seizures ,
coma , and death
✔✔warm and dry - ✔✔sugar is high
✔✔Cold and clammy - ✔✔need some candy
✔✔What kind of foods should be monitored ? - ✔✔Sugar and sugar containing food
✔✔Why are hypoglycemic medications given ? - ✔✔To stimulate insulin secretions in
the pancreas
Decreases the amount of glucose released by the liver
Delay the digestion of carbohydrates in the diet
