Sepsis (p 282)

Question 1

Pre hospital screening tool

Answer 1

Question 2

Sepsis recognition and management

Answer 2

News score tool
Look for any red flags
Consider where is the infection

Question 3

Sepsis definition

Answer 3

Sepsis is a life -threating condition that arises when the body’s response to an infection injures its own tissues and organs.
It leads to shock, multiple organ failure and death if not recogised early.
Sepsic shock -causes particularly profuond circulatory, cellular, and metabolic abnormalities.

Question 4

Sepsis recoginition and management

Answer 4

recogniction by using sepsis screening tool (news2),
- try to identify the exact source of the infection.