Questions about the Hypo & Hyper poster

What’s on the Hypo & Hyper poster?

Hypoglycaemia against Hyperglycaemia, side by side. Hypoglycaemia: Onset over minutes; Hypoglycaemia: Sweating, tremor, hunger, palpitations; Hypoglycaemia: Confusion, slurred speech, aggression; Hypoglycaemia: Drowsiness, seizure, unconsciousness; Hypoglycaemia: Can mimic intoxication or stroke; Hyperglycaemia: Onset over hours to days; Hyperglycaemia: Thirst, polyuria, fatigue, blurred vision; Hyperglycaemia: Dehydration, weight loss; Hyperglycaemia: Deep sighing breathing, ketotic breath; Hyperglycaemia: Drowsiness as it progresses; Any patient who is confused, drowsy or behaving oddly gets a blood glucose measured —…. Educational reference. Treatment thresholds, glucose products and insulin adjustment follow local hypoglycaemia and diabetes protocols.

Who is the Hypo & Hyper poster for?

Hypo & Hyper belongs to the Nursing section rather than to a school year, because life science is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning medical-surgical can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.

When should you use the Hypo & Hyper poster?

Hypoglycaemia is faster and more immediately dangerous. Treat it as the emergency. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Hypo & Hyper belongs on the wall where that life science work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Hypo & Hyper?

Chest Pain: Recognise & Escalate, Acute Kidney Injury & CKD and COPD & Asthma sit alongside Hypo & Hyper in the Nursing section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Chest Pain: Recognise & EscalateAcute Kidney Injury & CKDCOPD & Asthma

Is the Hypo & Hyper poster free to download and print?

Yes. Hypo & Hyper downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Nursing section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence

What size does the Hypo & Hyper poster print at?

Hypo & Hyper is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Hypo & Hyper loses nothing.Printing guide