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No. You may kill him. Fluid given to unconscious person will go to his respiratory tract. Never give any thing orally to unconscious patient. Very little fluid can choke him to death. He needs intravenous glucose. Fortunately, you usually get enough time to give intravenous glucose solution. It is one of the most dramatic situation, in your medical practice, to see the sudden recovery of the serious patient.

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you can give it to them as long as the need it and the main way to know is if they are unresponsive

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In hypoglycemia it is important to administer glucose, in order to prevent seizures, coma and death (in extreme cases, of course).

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