You Will Never Mix Up DKA And HHS Again with Nurse Mike

DKA vs HHS can feel like a blur when you’re studying, but the body tells a clear story if you know what to listen for. I’m Nurse Mike, and I’m breaking these two diabetic emergencies into a simple framework you can use under pressure on exams and in real clinical care: speed of onset, what’s happening at the cellular level, and the few “can’t miss” signs and labs that separate them. We start with the core pathophysiology. DKA is a no-insulin problem that pushes the body into fat burning, ket...