* * * What causes the symptoms of sepsis? Usually, your immune system keeps an infection limited to one place. This is known as a localised infection. Your body produces white blood cells, which travel to the site of the infection to destroy the germs causing infection. A series of ...
The UKHSA has found a match for the outbreak strain in a particular type of dessert, but it is understood that the listeria threshold was below the legal threshold of what healthy people can tolerate.As the dessert is supplied to hospitals and care homes where vulnerable people are cared for...
How can I tell it's sepsis and not something else? "A non-blanching rash should always be assessed urgently," says Dr Philippa. "A non-blanching rash can have other causes but sepsis/meningitis must always be excluded first." What are other sepsis symptoms? Your child will probably, and ...
What do you know about the sepsis six bundle? Talk us through a recent example of when you cared for a patient with sepsis. (Get answers) Your patient has ulcerative colitis and last had pain medication 6 hours ago. You have an order for morphine, 1mg every 4 hours. However your patien...
In this role, I chaired the cross-system sepsis board. We learned from the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) that more work had been done to update and validate NEWS and that the RCP was promoting NEWS2 as the standardised way to identify and escalate acutely unwell adult patients in the...
To kick start the ‘Cycle for Sepsis’ campaign, two doctors left from Holyrood Parliament to cycle to Westminster, London. The six-day road trip will culminate in a parliamentary event at Westminster on 4 September, organised by the UK Sepsis Trust.… read more → 30/08/2013Media Release ...
We welcome, they say, this interim report, the first of its kind in the world. These early lessons will feed intohospital and community services work including early detection of symptoms of sepsis and pneumonia prevention,constipation and epilepsy where there is significant progress. They go on ...
What is the evidence that the patient environment (including clinical equipment) is a significant factor in the transmission of HCAI? 2. What is the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of conventional cleaning vs enhanced cleaning of the patient bed space in reducing environmental contamination and HC...
It is not always obvious what pressure will actually be exerted on the airway by the cuff when inflated, which can lead to over- or under-inflation. This is especially true given the unique nature of each patient, some of whom may have a lower threshold for damage by an inflated cuff. ...
We’ve been holding people’s hands and caring for them as they die from infections, like sepsis, for hundreds of years. I’ve had people hurl abuse at me at work, spit at or lash out at me, when all I’m trying to do is help. I hope that when all this is over, nobody ...