9225Introduction to CHOCounting.pdf - NDR-UK

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How do I use my ICR to work out my bolus? 1 . Work out how much carbohydrate is in your meal or snack. 2 . Divide the weight of carbohydrate in your meal or snack by the weight of carbohydrate in your ICR and multiply this by the units of insulin in your ICR. If your meal has 40g of carbohydrate and your ICR is 1:10, you should have 4 units of bolus insulin. (40 ÷ 10) x 1= 4 units of insulin If your meal has 60g of carbohydrate and your ICR is 1:7.5 (or 2:15), you should have 8 units of bolus insulin. (60 ÷ 7.5) x 1 = 8 units of insulin ((60 ÷ 15) x 2 = 8 units of insulin) Look at the example below. M e a l C a r b o h y d r a t e I C R C a l c u l a t i o n B o l u s B r e a k f a s t 5 0 g 1 : 1 0 (50 ÷ 10) x 1 = 5 5 L u n c h 6 0 g 1 : 1 5 (60 ÷ 15) x 1 = 4 4 D i n n e r 9 0 g 1 : 1 5 (90 ÷ 15) x 1 = 6 6 Now try and work it out for some of your own meals in the table below: M e a l C a r b o h y d r a t e I C R C a l c u l a t i o n B o l u s B r e a k f a s t L u n c h D i n n e r 23 00
Bolus calculator The chart below is a helpful tool to quickly work out what your bolus should be when you know how much carbohydrate you are going to have. • Work out how much carbohydrate you are going to have. • Read along the bottom (purple) to your ICR then up the side (pink) to the amount of carbohydrate you are going to have. • Where the lines meet is the amount of insulin you should have in your bolus*. Bolus calculator Carbohydrate in food (g) 100 95 90 85 80 75 70 65 60 55 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 0 20 12.5 10 8.5 6.5 5 4 3.5 19 12 9.5 8 6.5 4.5 4 3 18 11 9 7.5 6 4.5 3.5 3 17 10.5 8.5 7 5.5 4 3.5 3 16 10 8 6.5 5.5 4 3 2.5 15 9 7.5 6 5 3.5 3 2.5 14 8.5 7 6 4.5 3.5 3 2.5 13 8 6.5 5.5 4.5 3 2.5 2 12 7.5 6 5 4 3 2.5 2 11 7 5.5 4.5 3.5 2.5 2 2 10 6 5 4 3.5 2.5 2 1.5 9 5.5 4.5 4 3 2 2 1.5 8 5 4 3.5 2.5 2 1.5 1.5 7 4.5 3.5 3 2.5 1.5 1.5 1 6 3.5 3 2.5 2 1.5 1 1 5 3 2.5 2 1.5 1 1 1 4 2.5 2 1.5 1.5 1 1 0.5 3 2 1.5 1 1 0.5 0.5 0.5 12 1 1 1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1:5 1:8 1:10 1:12 1:15 1:20 1:25 1:30 Insulin to carbohydrate ratio (ICR) (units of insulin:grams carbohydra t e ) *Bolus units are rounded to the nearest 0.5 units. 00 24
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