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according to Jemmons, trigger ketones....

This is what you have said: "It is still just the low blod sugars that trigger ketones and acetone that will fool the breathalyzers."

This is of course incorrect, it is high blood sugars that cause ketones. A patient that has untreated type 1 diabetes (and a lack of insulin) will have ketones. That patient will have high blood sugars.

The type 1 patient that takes insulin and doesn't eat enough to cover it will have a low blood sugar. That person may exhibit irrational behavior (ie act drunk) but will not have ketones and thus no acetone. This is in spite of the fact that Jemmons argues to the contrary.

The treatment for ketones (and the associated high blood sugar) in the type 1 diabetic is insulin. This will lower the blood sugar and allow ketones to be removed from the blood.

The treatment for low blood sugars (assuming that the patient is unresponsive) is D-50 or Glucagon. If responsive sugar (glucose).

Now Jemmons, if you would be kind enough to point me in the direction of some kind of medical or scientific journal paper that shows that I'm wrong please do so now. I have access to all of the popular databases.