Basic Much?
Your body's toxic response to an infection
What is Sepsis?
What is greater than 2.0?
This must be done prior to antibiotic administration
What is collect blood cultures?
People with cancer, people 65+, newborns, or with a recent surgical procedure
Who are people most at risk for developing sepsis?
This is called overhead if a patient meets 1 SIRS criteria and has a potential or known infection
What is a sepsis alert?
Tachycardia >90, Tachypnea >20, Temp <96.8 or >100.4, WBC >12.0 or <4.0
What is SIRS Criteria?
These values of WBC is considered a positive SIRS criteria
What is <4.0 or >12.0?
This is the amount of fluid needed for septic shock patients
What is 30 ml/kg?
1 person every 2 minutes
What is dies from sepsis in the US each year?
Prior to obtaining blood cultures you must do this?
What is clean the tops of the blood culture bottles with alcohol wipes and let dry for 30 seconds?
This is the number of people who die each year from Sepsis
What is 270,000?
This is the creatinine value considered to be an indicator of severe sepsis
What is >2.0?
This is the time frame for antibiotic administration that reduces mortality by 86%
What is 1 hour?
This number of people develop sepsis in the US every year
What is 1.7 million?
Administer antibiotics within this time frame of arrival to the ED
What is 1 hour?
40% - 70% mortality rate
What is Septic Shock mortality?
This level of INR is considered to be organ dysfunction in severe sepsis
What is >2.0?
This is needed to be completed within 3 hours of a lactic greater than 2.0
What is a repeat lactic acid?
People who have had this in the past are more likely to develop sepsis
What is sepsis ?
This must be documented in the triage section of a sepsis patient who is transferred to our facility
What is the name and route of antibiotic?
This stage comes after Septic Shock
What is MODS/Death?
This level of Lactic Acid is considered Severe Sepsis but this level is considered Septic Shock
What is >2.0 and >4.0?
What is vasopressors?
This is a common sign of sepsis but not in elderly patients
What is a fever?
This is what you are going to do if your patient is showing signs of sepsis
What is notify the provider?