Explain your type 1 without writing an essay

Fill in your details and the card builds itself. It explains type 1 from scratch, so it still makes sense to a teacher, a trip leader or a friend who knows nothing about diabetes. Print it, save it as a PDF, or screenshot it. Nothing is saved or sent, it stays on your screen.

Your name

How you manage it

Optional. Injections, a pump, whatever you use.

I wear a sensor or a pumpTurn this off if you use finger pricks and injections only. It removes that part of the card.

Where it is on your body

So nobody pulls it off by accident.

How you seem when your blood sugar drops

The signs someone else would notice, so they know what to look for.

What helps when that happens

Optional. Leave blank and the card uses standard wording.

Where you keep your emergency sugar

The glucose tablets, juice or sweets you use when you go low.

Emergency contact name

Emergency contact number

Anything else

Optional. Anything you want them to know.

I have type 1 diabetes

[Your name]

What that means

My body cannot control its own blood sugar, so I manage it myself with insulin. Almost all of the time I am fine and need nothing from you.

If my blood sugar drops too low

This is the thing to watch for, and it can come on quickly. I may go [how you seem when your blood sugar drops]. If that happens, let me take my emergency sugar straight away, and stay with me until I feel better.

Where my emergency sugar is

[where you keep it]

On my body

[where it is]. It is a medical device that helps me manage this. Please do not remove it.

Emergency contact

[name · number]

If I cannot answer you, seem confused, or pass out: call 999 and tell them I have type 1 diabetes and my blood sugar may be very low. Do not put food or drink in my mouth if I am not fully awake, and never give me insulin.

Nothing is saved or sent. The wording stays general on purpose; your own treatment plan comes from your diabetes team.