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Sepsis

Sepsis is a condition where the body’s response to infection damages its tissues and organs. If sepsis isn’t recognized early and treated promptly it can become severe and lead to multi-organ system failure or – for more than 6 million people in the developed world each year – death.1

30,000 Canadians are hospitalized each year because of sepsis. More than 30% of these patients will die.2 Does that number alarm you? It should. It’s one of our country’s highest in-hospital mortality rates.

Sepsis can be caught early, treated effectively and prevented from turning severe. The severity and poor outcomes that can result from not doing so are unacceptable. Learn about our work to improve care for sepsis.

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Key Sepsis Resources for Patients and Families

Sepsis Brochure

Learn the symptoms of sepsis, the treatments available, how to prevent sepsis and much more.

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Sepsis infographic

Sepsis Infographic

This infographic has the information you need to understand and identify the symptoms of sepsis as a patient.

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Key Sepsis Resources for Clinicians

Inpatient Sepsis Toolkit

This Toolkit aims to provide BC inpatient hospital wards with information, resources, and tools to successfully initiate, implement, and spread best practices for sepsis in child and adult populations across BC.

Access the Inpatient Sepsis Toolkit

Emergency Department Sepsis Guidelines

The provincial Sepsis Clinical Expert Group developed the BC Emergency Department Sepsis Guidelines, taking into account the most up-to-date literature (references below) and expert opinion.

Access the Guidelines

Additional Resources

Sepsis E-learning Module for Emergency DepartmentsAfter completing this free online module you will be able to describe the pathophysiology of sepsis, identify the signs and symptoms of sepsis, and list the steps to treat sepsis effectively to prevent progression to severe sepsis or septic shock. Click the photo on the right to begin.

Note: Health Care Employees in BC wanting a record of completion for this course should access the module through the CCRS.

The BC Sepsis Network is proud to introduce Read by QxMD as a knowledge translation partner in promoting the most up-to-date and best practice guidelines for treating sepsis.

Open in Read by QxMD

Lactate clearance vs central venous oxygen saturation as goals of early sepsis therapy: a randomized clinical trial

Open in Read by QxMD

The Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines 2012: Update for Emergency Physicians

Open in Read by QxMD

Emergency management of sepsis: The simple stuff saves lives

Play Tetris To Treat Sepsis!Click here to try Septris, an innovative web-based game developed by researchers at Stanford University Medical Center to train physicians to make quick treatment decisions for sepsis patients.

Recent Reports & Resources

Sepsis Brochure – What You Need to Know as a Patient

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Sepsis Infographic – What You Need to Know as a Patient

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Sepsis Network Webinar – Vitamin C in Sepsis/Septic Shock: The Controversy

Posted in Improve Clinical Care, Sepsis on June 28, 2018

Emergency Department Sepsis Resources

Posted in Improve Clinical Care, Sepsis on September 13, 2017

Sepsis Network Webinar – Introducing the 2017 Emergency Department Guidelines

Posted in Improve Clinical Care, Sepsis on May 4, 2017

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Past Projects & Initiatives

World Sepsis Day 2017

World Sepsis Day 2017 was September 13. Download resources used to spread awareness of the initiative.

150 Lives in 150 Days

From October 13, 2013 to March 11, 2014 the BC Sepsis Network saved 150 Lives in 150 Days.

Evidence 2 Excellence

E2E is an academic organization established to improve clinical and operational outcomes for ED across BC.

References

  1. Kissoon N, Carcillo JA, Espinosa V, et al.: World federation of pediatric intensive care and critical care societies: Global sepsis initiative. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2011; 12:494-503.
  2. Canadian Institute for Health Information. In focus: A national look at sepsis. Ottawa 2009.