Sepsis: First Response
Recorded On: 08/09/2018
Description:
Sepsis is an emergent medical condition that kills more people annually than prostate cancer, breast cancer, and AIDS combined. For every two heart attack patients for whom EMS provides care, five patients are hospitalized by sepsis. EMS transports 60% of patients with severe sepsis to the ED; and yet EMS providers are unaware of the presence of sepsis, or what they should do if the find it. This presentation aims to address this knowledge gap by discussing new sepsis criteria, along with providing expert commentary as to how these criteria can be applied in the field. This program includes real-world, practical methods for EMS identification, assessment, and field treatment of life-threatening sepsis, and looks at the current state of sepsis critical care and what we can anticipate in the coming months and years.
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Learning Objectives:
At the end of the activity, the learner should be able to:
- Utilize the sepsis alert criteria to guide assessment and treatment pathways;
- Identify infection related triggers for sepsis and septic shock;
- Identify the key physiological indicators of sepsis;
- Restate how to assess victims of sepsis using the CHART method;
- State how to provide appropriate pre-hospital treatment and coordination with in-hospital staff for victims of 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.
Rommie L. Duckworth, MPA, LP, EFO, FO
Captain, EMS Coordinator
Ridgefield (CT) Fire Department
Rom Duckworth, MPA, LP, EFO, FO, is a dedicated emergency responder, author, and educator with more than thirty years of experience working in career and volunteer fire departments, hospital healthcare systems, and private emergency medical services. Rom is currently a career fire Captain and paramedic EMS Coordinator for Ridgefield (CT) Fire Department and Founder of the New England Center for Rescue and Emergency Medicine. Rom is the recipient of the American Red Cross Hero award, Sepsis Alliance Sepsis Hero award, the EMS 10 Innovators award, and the NAEMT Presidential award. An Advisory Board member for the Sepsis Alliance, Rom is the co-author of the Sepsis Care chapter in the NAEMT Advanced Medical Life Support (AMLS) program as well as chapters in more than a dozen EMS, fire, rescue, and medical textbooks and over 100 published articles in fire and EMS journals, magazines, and websites. Rom is an international advocate and leader in emergency services education.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP17068 for 1.9 contact hours.
Other healthcare professionals will receive a certificate of attendance for 1.5 contact hours.
Medical Disclaimer
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