Diabetic Ketoacidosis
(DKA)
After this activity, your team will be able to:
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1. Perform and evaluate the appropriate diagnostic tests to recognize diabetic ketoacidosis.
2. Initiate evidence-based therapies for diabetic ketoacidosis.
3. Determine the appropriate destination for transfer.
2. Video
​The video includes frame of an animated patient next to a monitor with vital signs that change based on the patient's clinical condition. There is also a prerecorded, narrated prebrief, dispatch, and debrief that you can use to help faciliatate the simulation.
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Use the video's clickable hotspots to navigate to different parts of the video and find content faster. You can also download the video and use if offline, starting and stopping it as indicated. ​
3. Surveys
Please complete the facilitator and participant surveys at the end of the session to help us improve SimBox.
Acknowledgements
Posted: September 2025
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Revised:
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Authors: Becca Mielke RN, Allie Brenner, Erin Montgomery RN, Lauren Simpson RN
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Primary Reviewers: Marc Auerbach MD, Maybelle Kou MD, Sofia Athanasopoulou MD, Elizabeth Sanseau MD
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Secondary Reviewers: Emily Bartlett MD, Christine Maloney MD, Kendra Powell RN, Chlsea Meixner RN, Heather Miller RN, Cynthia Libertini RN
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Disclaimer: The booklet and video were created as educational and research resources and not to guide clinical practice. Please reach out to our team with any questions or if you want to contribute.
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SimBox Case: Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) © September 2025 by Becca Mielke RN, Allie Brenner, Erin Montgomery RN, Lauren Simpson RN is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/