Fig 1. Standard medical model for treating hypoglycemia in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

(A) Secondary and tertiary hospitals. (B) Primary care clinics. Type H: an unconscious patient who could breathe independently and was hospitalized in the intensive care unit and general ward after visiting the emergency room and receiving treatment; Type I: an unconscious patient who could not breathe independently and was hospitalized in the intensive care unit and general ward after visiting the emergency room and receiving treatment; Type J: an unconscious patient who could breathe independently, visited the emergency room, received treatment, was hospitalized in the intensive care unit and subsequently died; Type K: an unconscious patient who could not breathe independently, visited the emergency room, received treatment, was hospitalized in the intensive care unit, and subsequently died. ICU, intensive care unit.