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Introduction
In recent years, health
care professionals have come to accept that the recognition, diagnosis
and treatment of severely septic patients requires improvement. In order
to achieve the greatest benefit for the greatest number of patients,
we must now address the recognition and immediate treatment of severe
sepsis in areas outside Critical Care.
You can make a difference
SurviveSEPSIS aims to address each of these issues. This manual, and the accompanying
training course, will enable you to appreciate how important sepsis
is, to spot the patient with sepsis, contribute to the delivery of
the Surviving Sepsis Campaign Care Bundles and to know when to refer
to Critical Care. Those involved in implementing the bundles at your
organisation- this may be you- will also need to ensure that data is
collected so that your performance as a unit can be monitored.
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Who can make this
difference?
This course is aimed at all health care professionals working both within acute
and Critical Care areas and on the general ward. All health care professionals
have a role to play in delivery of the recommendations of surviveSEPSIS
and the Surviving Sepsis Campaign, be they nurses, doctors, physiotherapists
or technical support workers. Care is best delivered as a team. This
requires that:
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all staff are aware of the condition
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systems are in place to support recognition of the
septic patient
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effective, clear lines of communication exist between
team members
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there is a team desire to deliver the best known
care
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a process, or care pathway, is used to ensure that
elements of care are delivered in the right order and with no gaps
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data is collected and performance against standards
monitored
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