Signs and Symptoms
What is temperature greater than 100.9 or less than 96.8, heart rate greater than 90, respirations greater than 20, or WBC greater than 12 or less than 4?
Name one action that should be taken within 3 hours of sepsis identification.
What is obtain blood cultures, obtain lactate, and administer antibiotics?
The body's extreme, life-threatening response to an infection
What is sepsis?
Name a group at high risk for sepsis.
What are adults age 65 or older, people with weakened immune symptoms, people with recent severe illness or hospitalization, people with chronic medical conditions (especially diabetes, lung disease, cancer, or kidney disease), sepsis survivors, or children younger than one?
Name one of the signs and symptoms of sepsis.
What is high heart rate, low blood pressure, respiratory distress, high respiratory rate, fever, confusion, disorientation, pain, or organ failure?
True/False: Antibiotics should be administered after blood cultures are drawn.
What is true? Note: If lab is unable to drawn the blood culture, document the reason for delay (ie-patient is a hard stick) in the chart then administer the antibiotic (make sure antibiotic is given timely).
True/False: Sepsis is contagious.
What is false? Note: The infection that lead to sepsis may be contagious.
When someone has severe sepsis, their chances of survival drop by 8% for every _______ that goes by without treatment.
What is hour?
Name one symptom of organ dysfunction.
What is SBP <90; MAP <65; new use of CPAP, BIPAP, or vent; creatinine >2, ; bilirubin >2, platelets <100000; INR >1.5, aPTT >60 sec; or lactate >2?
Action that should be performed if lactate is >2.
What is redraw lactate within 4 hr? Note: Nurses can place nurse driven protocol order for lactate.
What is the heart?
Name a complication after surviving sepsis.
What is insomnia, amputations, PTSD, decreased mental functioning, or increased risk for reoccurring sepsis?
Name a cause of sepsis.
What is any type of infection (ie-infection related to a cut on your finger, an insect or animal bite, or a tattoo; UTI; pneumonia)?
The total amount of fluids a patient who has sepsis/severe sepsis with hypotension or septic shock.
What is 30 ml/kg?
Name a way to prevent sepsis.
What is wash your hands, prevent infections, practice good hygiene, or knowing the signs/symptoms?
One in _____ patients who dies in a hospital has sepsis.
What is 3?
The number of SIRS criteria that need to be met to be diagnosed with sepsis.
What is at least 2? Note: Criteria should be met in 6 hr.
If a patient is still hypotensive following IV fluid bolus, this should be started.
What is vasopressors?
Every day, an average of _______ amputations occur because of sepsis.
What is 38?
The approximate number of people who die each year in the US because of sepsis.
What is 258000 people? Note: Approximately every 2 minutes, someone dies from sepsis. Globally, approximately 8 million people die of sepsis each year.