Compare and Contrast Essay Planning
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November 22, 2022
Planning for Compare and Contrast Essay
Nicole Heller
Rhetorical Star
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What/who is your subject? Tandem T:slim X2 insulin pump and Omnipod insulin pump
Who
is your audience? Type 1 diabetics and parents of children with type 1 diabetes.
What
is the purpose of your paper? To compare the functions and capabilities of each pump so that one may make an educated decision as to which pump would be the best option for their lifestyle.
What
writing strategy are you writing? This will either be:
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Explaining a process
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Comparing and contrasting
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Evaluating
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Solving a problem
Organization
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Using the Organization templates that are provided in the Organization tab of the Assignment description, provide the outline for your paper here
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First Two Paragraphs: This will be your introduction paragraph + thesis statement and your first body paragraph. This paper will be comparing two brands of insulin pumps that are now widely available on the market for use by type 1 diabetics, the Tandem T: slim X2 with Control IQ technology and the OmniPod. Type 1 diabetics must use either multiple daily injections of insulin, or an insulin pump to deliver insulin into their body from an outside source as their pancreas does not use any insulin. The purpose of this passage is to provide education about these two insulin pumps so that people with type 1 diabetes, or parents of children with type 1 diabetes, can make an educated decision on what type of insulin pump may work best for themselves with their lifestyle. Although these pumps both perform the same essential function of infusing insulin via a cannula to the subcutaneous fat under the skin, they have different functions and capabilities that may make one pump more beneficial than the other for different people. For my son, the Tandem T: Slim
X2 is the better option for an insulin pump because of the Control IQ technology
November 22, 2022
Planning for Compare and Contrast Essay
Nicole Heller
that it provides. This technology allows the pump, alongside his Dexcom G6 (a continuous glucose monitor) to adjust the amount of insulin that he receives throughout the day based on his current blood sugar readings.
Both the Tandem T: Slim X2, and the OmniPod work with the Dexcom G6 continuous glucose monitor to “automatically adjust insulin based on CGM value and trend (to) manage blood glucose levels to keep you in range.” (Take control of your type 1 diabetes. 2022). Both insulin pumps receive readings from the continuous glucose monitor and use an algorithm to adjust the amount of insulin delivered based on the blood sugar reading and predicted trajectory for future blood sugar readings. OmniPod 5 is the first closed loop insulin delivery system to be approved by the FDA to be used with your smartphone to control the various functions of the pump. (Hoskins, 2022). You can control T:Slim X2 using the integrated touchscreen.
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