Standardizing Sepsis Care for Optimal Outcomes
Recorded On: 09/29/2020
Description:
This presentation will describe and provide supporting data for the improvement efforts from two distinct health systems. Presenters will discuss the steps undertaken by a large Northern California health system to improve process and outcomes for the care of patients with severe sepsis and septic shock. Presenters will also examine several VA Medical Centers' general sepsis management experiences. Work of both healthcare systems emphasizes the importance of recognition of sepsis as a medical emergency and structured sepsis management.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of the activity, the learner should be able to:
- Employ screening and standard responses for the early identification of sepsis;
- List specific interventions to create standard work that improves workflows for timely assessment and treatment for patients with sepsis;
- Describe assessment of and specific considerations for interventions for patients with septic shock;
- Develop data collection and analysis strategies to guide process improvement for sepsis care;
- Discuss the importance of structured sepsis management;
- Appraise the most recent literature in early sepsis interventions.
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.
Angel Coz, MD, FCCP
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Kentucky
Dr. Coz is a Pulmonary and Critical Care specialist, the Medical Director of the Intensive Care Unit at the Lexington Veterans Affairs Medical Center and an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Kentucky. He holds multiple leadership positions at the American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST), and has been awarded the Distinguished CHEST Educator (DCE) designation for two years in a row. Dr. Coz is also currently a member of the Advisory Board of the Sepsis Alliance. He has a strong interest in critical care, mechanical ventilation, sepsis resuscitation and medical education. He has given multiple talks on critical care, sepsis, and pulmonary topics at the national and international level.
Mary Ann Barnes-Daly, MS, RN, CCRN-K, DC
Clinical Performance Improvement Consultant – Quality & Clinical Effectiveness Team
Sutter Health
Mary Ann Barnes-Daly has been involved in sepsis care improvements since 2004, working with health systems and with the Society of Critical Care Medicine as faculty on the Surviving Sepsis Campaign. Dr. Barnes-Daly specializes in sepsis and ICU Liberation and has lectured nationally on both topics, and is currently leading a septic shock improvement initiative for the Sutter Health System in northern California.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP17068 for 1.6 contact hours.
Other healthcare professionals will receive a certificate of attendance for 1.25 contact hours.
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