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Diabetes Care at Diabetes Camps

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	INTRODUCTION

 
Since Leonard F.C. Wendt, MD opened the doors of the first diabetes camp in Michigan in 1925, the concept of specialized residential and day camps for children with diabetes has become widespread throughout the U.S. and many other parts of the world. It is estimated that worldwide camps serve 15,000–20,000 campers with diabetes each summer (1).

The mission of camps specialized for children and youth with diabetes is to allow for a camping experience in a safe environment. An equally important goal is to enable children with diabetes to meet and share their experiences with one another while they learn to be more personally responsible for their disease. For this to occur, a skilled medical and camping staff must be available to ensure optimal safety and an integrated camping/educational experience.

	DIABETES MANAGEMENT AT CAMP

 
The recommendations for diabetes management of children at a diabetes camp are not significantly different than what has been outlined by the American Diabetes Association as the standards of care for people with type 1 diabetes (2,3) or for children with diabetes in the school or day care setting (3). In general, the diabetes camping experience is short term and is most often associated with increased physical activity relative to that experienced while at home. Thus, goals of glycemic control are more related to the avoidance of hypoglycemia than to the optimization of overall glycemic control (4) while away at camp. The management protocol aims to balance insulin dosage with activity level and food intake so that blood glucose levels stay within a safe target range, especially with respect to the prevention and management of hypoglycemia (4). Each camper should have a standardized medical form completed by his/her family and the physician managing the diabetes that details the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

	MEDICAL STAFF COMPOSITION AND STAFF TRAINING

 

	TREATMENT OF DIABETES-RELATED EMERGENCIES

 
Hypoglycemia
Ketoacidosis

	WRITTEN CAMP MANAGEMENT PLAN

 

	DIABETES EDUCATION AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES AT CAMP

 

	RESEARCH AT CAMP

 

	CONCLUSION

 

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