Day 2 Opening Remarks: "By the Book": How a Journalist Survived Sepsis and Became an Advocate (CE Session)
Includes a Live Web Event on 09/26/2024 at 7:00 AM (PDT)
Description:
Date/Time: September 26, 2024 | 10:00 - 10:15 am ET
Chronic illness consumed over half Jackie’s life and stumped even the most brilliant doctors from Baltimore to Washington, DC. It took nearly four decades to sort everything out. When it came to sepsis, she says she got lucky. She was a “textbook” case, which saved her life. During these opening remarks, Jackie will share how she survived, her lengthy recovery, and the advocacy work she is doing to ensure that those without a “textbook” case of sepsis will also be quickly diagnosed. World Sepsis Day is her birthday, and she’d like everyone affected by sepsis to be able to celebrate another trip around the sun.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this session, the learner should be able to:
- Restate the importance of timely sepsis diagnosis;
- Discuss the lived experience and patient considerations related to “life after sepsis”.
Target Audience:
Nurses, advanced practice providers, physicians, emergency responders, pharmacists, medical technologists, respiratory therapists, physical/occupational therapists, infection prevention specialists, data/quality specialists, and more.
Jackie Duda
Health and Travel Journalist , Sepsis and Disability Advocate
Jackie taught English with Montgomery County Public Schools for 9 years, and then dove into freelance writing in 2001. She wrote extensively for publications including The Washington Post, Woman's Day, Costco Connection, and other major outlets. Her writing career came to a screeching halt in 2012 when Crohn's Disease, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (P.O.T.S.), and Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos hEDS, got the best of her and she became fully disabled. Osteoporosis eventually got a grip as well. A colon perforation and septic shock almost took her life on May 22, 2021, and she was flown to Baltimore for emergency surgery that saved her life. She’s made dramatic improvements during her lengthy and ongoing recovery. She continues to grapple with disabilities but is feeling better than she has in years. She contacted a few former editors, and they welcomed her pitches. Her first national comeback article appeared in Costco Connection and more soon followed in The Washington Post, Reader’s Digest, and AARP. She is making the most of her second chance at life and getting back into serious journalism. What she had thought was her ending, was really another beginning.
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Summit 2024 Session: Day 2 Opening Remarks: "By the Book": How a Journalist Survived Sepsis and Became an Advocate (CE Session)
Session Day/Time: Thursday, September 26, 2024, 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM EST
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP17068 for 0.3 contact hours.
Other healthcare professionals will receive a certificate of attendance for 0.25 contact hours.
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