Hi Jacqui, We have a group working on this, you'd be welcome to contribute!
Ron On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 9:38 AM, Jones Jacqui (RTR) South Tees NHS Trust < [email protected]> wrote: > Good morning everyone **** > > ** ** > > I am about to start an audit looking at current standards of care for > paediatrics with severe sepsis, within our trust. I will hopefully be able > to get some idea of the prevalence of severe sepsis within this group of > patients admitted within our trust. I am adult trained nurse and have no > real experience of working with paediatrics although I am linking up with a > senior sister and matron from paediatrics. At present apart from > meningitis, there are no screening tools, care pathways or policies for > sepsis/severe sepsis that I am aware of in our trust for this group of > patients. **** > > ** ** > > All patients with *severe sepsis* would be an emergency admission if not > already in hospital, but would paediatrics with *sepsis *automatically be > admitted or would they be managed it in the community as would some cases > of uncomplicated sepsis in adults? **** > > ** ** > > At present I haven’t designed a data collection tool or set standards to > audit against.**** > > ** ** > > I was going to use the acute hospital sepsis screening tool (taking into > consideration altered physiological triggers for children) and then audit > the care against the sepsis six (as set by Dr Daniels for UK Sepsis Trust) > if this is the first line treatment we would give to paediatrics?**** > > ** ** > > I would be very grateful though if anyone could send me anything already > in place, especially if there is anything different we would do for > paediatrics. **** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *Regards ***** > > **** > > *Jacqui ***** > > **** > > *Jacqui Jones *** > > *Sepsis Specialist Nurse***** > > *South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust ***** > > *01642 850850 ext 56969 bleep 1008***** > > *email **[email protected]* <[email protected]>**** > > **** > > *Suspect Sepsis: save someone's life today.***** > > ** ** > > *Sign our e-petition at http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/19602*** > ** > > ** ** > > * * > > **** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > Sepsisgroups mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sepsisgroups.org/listinfo.cgi/sepsisgroups-sepsisgroups.org > > -- Dr Ron Daniels CEO: Global Sepsis Alliance Chair: United Kingdom Sepsis Group Principal Trustee: U.K Sepsis Trust Founding Director: Survive Sepsis Fellow: NHS Improvement Faculty *Suspect Sepsis: save someone's life today. * *Join us for World Sepsis Day on September 13th<http://www.globalsepsisalliance.org/> Twitter: @sepsisuk * * *
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