Sepsis Fundamentals - Module 3: Sepsis Diagnosis, Treatment, and Monitoring
Recorded On: 05/01/2025
Description:
Sepsis is a life-threatening condition requiring rapid diagnosis, timely intervention, and ongoing monitoring to improve patient outcomes. Module three of Sepsis Alliance Presents: Sepsis Fundamentals will provide an in-depth review of sepsis recognition, the indications and timing of diagnostic workups, and current best practices for treatment, including antimicrobial therapy, fluid resuscitation, and hemodynamic support. Additionally, key strategies for patient reassessment and cardiopulmonary monitoring to optimize clinical management will be explored.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of the activity, the learner should be able to:
- Recognize the clinical signs and diagnostic criteria for sepsis to ensure early identification and timely intervention;
- Differentiate between various evidence-based treatment strategies, including antimicrobial therapy, fluid resuscitation, and vasopressor support;
- Evaluate patient response through ongoing reassessment and cardiopulmonary monitoring to optimize sepsis care and improve patient outcomes.
Laura Evans, MD, MSc
Professor, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine; Medical Director, Critical Care
University of Washington Medical Center
Laura Evans, MD, MSc, is a professor of medicine at the University of Washington and the Medical Director of Critical Care at the University of Washington Medical Center. Her interests focus on sepsis and preparedness for high-consequence infectious diseases, particularly on guideline development and implementation, as well as patient safety/quality improvement.
Dr. Evans earned her medical degree at the University of Michigan and did her residency in internal medicine at Columbia University. She completed pulmonary and critical care medicine fellowship training and earned a Master of Science in epidemiology at the University of Washington. She then joined the New York University and Bellevue Hospital faculty in 2006. In her role there, she led the evacuation of the Bellevue Hospital intensive care units in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. She was the clinical lead for New York City’s only patient with Ebola. She was associate program director for the pulmonary and critical care fellowship program at NYU for more than 10 years. After 14 years in NYC, she returned to Seattle in 2019.
She joined the steering committee of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) in 2012 and was the co-chair of the past two revisions of the SSC adult sepsis guidelines and SSC COVID management guidelines co-chair. She also served as the critical care team lead for the National Institutes of Health COVID Management Guidelines. She is the current chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine’s Critical Care Medicine specialty board.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP17068 for 1.4 contact hours.
Other healthcare professionals will receive a certificate of attendance for 1 contact hour.
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