Well-put Karin. It is important not to loose the forest in the trees, so to
speak. I have been advocating for a restructuring of our thought process in the
care of patients with just a virus.
Sepsis is the human response to infection, regardless of etiology, which
includes specifically viral,
Our sepsis screen demands that the nurse check with the ER Physician first
before initiating Sepsis screening. The nurse presents a short, bullet format
report to the MD and he okay's the sepsis protocol. This serves two purposes,
hopefully weeds out the 'flu presentation' patients and lets MD
] Changing ED sepsis screen during flu season
There are some concerns that we will be doing extra/unnecessary testing (blood
culture, Lactate, etc) with all of the flu patients who have a temp and
increased heart rate during the flu season.
Do any of your facilities, modify your sepsis screen in ED
There are some concerns that we will be doing extra/unnecessary testing (blood
culture, Lactate, etc) with all of the flu patients who have a temp and
increased heart rate during the flu season.
Do any of your facilities, modify your sepsis screen in ED for flu? Do you
look at the known or
