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CME Certified Federal Medical Examiner

Category - Risk Assessment

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The primary concern of any medical examiner when examining a driver with diabetes should be:
  1. Minimizing target organ damage.
  2. Prescribing insulin.
  3. Assessing the risk of severe hypoglycemic episode.
  4. All of the above
Explanation
Answer: C - Assessing the risk of severe hypoglycemic episode.

A severe hypoglycemic episode can incapacitate a driver. Therefore, from a safety standpoint, the most challenging and pressing issue for a medical examiner in treating a driver with diabetes is to establish the risk of a severe hypoglycemic episode.
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