Sepsis: Emergency

Good post Corpsman. I had a meningitis/sepsis case yeasterday on a young person that was quite bizzare and very sad. Public awareness is as important as our professional practice.

Thanks for posting this PO2 (Join to see). My own local healthcare system (hospitals, Ambulance, and Dr's) have been increasing our training regarding treatment of Sepsis. There isn't currently much we can do in an ambulance other than a rapid transport to an ER but I'm hoping that will change some day.

My mother has developed sepsis at least a dozen times. It happens quick. I have always been able to recognize it, I can remember one time standing in the Hospital telling the doctor she is about to go into septic shock and her bp went from extremely high to very low and her temp jumped from normal to 105 while we were speaking, he was shocked and sent her to the icu right away. The highest risk is when the bacteria is a superbug. We just buried my mother on Monday. This one was just one too many for someone that already didn’t have an immune system and required an attibiotic that was contratidicated with most of her other medications. It has been a hard few weeks.