It is my understanding that if a type 1 diabetic has High BG and ketones, they can go into
ketoacidosis and if not treated, they can die, however, I do not believe this would happen
in a few hours unless the person was not giving insulin all day long OR unless the person had high ketones all day and could not get his BG down, but I still think that unless the BG was over 600 and not registering on the glucometer, that ketoacidosis would not happen in a couple of hours.