Resources
General
- HMS site reports(hard copy distributed at collaborative wide meetings and live reports available daily via the HMS data entry system)
Early Identification and Treatment - Sepsis Education Modules
Created and shared by University of Michigan Health - West
- Sepsis: Nursing Care Management
- Nursing Professional Development Course
- Sepsis Overview for Residents
- Sepsis Management Review: Providers
- Brief review for attending providers and APPs from the multiple services lines that admit, treat, and consult on patients diagnosed with sepsis, severe sepsis, and septic shock
Early Identification - Badge Cards & Checklists
- Michigan Medicine Sepsis Treatment Bundle Badge Card
- Sepsis Alliance Badge Buddy
- Corewell Health Pocket Card – Know the Symptoms of Sepsis
- Michigan Medicine Severe Sepsis Checklist
- Munson Cadillac Hospital Sepsis and Septic Shock Checklist
- Licking Memorial Hospital – ED Sepsis Checklist
Early Identification - Screening Tool Examples
- Clinical Excellence Commission – New South Wales, Australia: Adult Sepsis Pathway
- Surviving Sepsis Campaign: Severe Sepsis Screening Tool
- University of Nebraska Medical Center Sepsis Identification worksheet
- Henry Ford Health Sepsis Screening Policy
- American Nurse – Sepsis Tracking Sheet
Early Identification - Code Sepsis Examples
Early Identification - Technology-based Resources
- Surviving Sepsis App
- Queensland Government - Sepsis: Early Recognition Screensaver
- Corewell Health Sepsis Program Build(EPIC)
- Sepsis Prediction Model for Determining Sepsis vs SIRES, qSOFA, and SOFA
Early Identification - Other Tools/Resources
- NSW Government Clinical Excellence Commission – Information for Clinicians: Lactate in the Deteriorating Patient
Initial Treatment - Infographics
- Surviving Sepsis: Antibiotic Timing Infographic
- Surviving Sepsis Hour-1 Bundle Poster and Pocket Card
Initial Treatment - Pathways and Tracking Tools
- AHRQ: Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Sepsis– PowerPoint and Facilitator Guide
- Safer Care Victoria Example Sepsis Pathway(Page 7)
Fluid Management Resources
- Video: IV Fluid Resuscitation in Septic Shock
- SCCM: Application of Fluid Resuscitation in Adult Septic Shock
Webinars
- Sepsis Alliance Institute - Nurses Suspect Sepsis(20:23)
- From: Sepsis Alliance Institute
- Session Overview: This video discusses the importance of suspecting sepsis in patients, and reviews cases of potential patients with sepsis.
- Sepsis Alliance Institute – Sepsis: Common, Lethal, and Unrecognized(58:32)
- From: Sepsis Alliance Institute
- Presenter: Angel Coz, MD, FCCP
- CE Information: 1.7 CNE, 1.25 CE for other healthcare professionals
- Session Overview: This webinar discusses sepsis recognition and early management of sepsis. Sepsis treatment and improvement in delivery of care for disease specific populations are presented. Emerging severe sepsis prediction algorithms and the impact on patient survival and hospital length of stay are described.
- Sepsis Alliance Institute – Standardizing Sepsis Care for Optimal Outcomes
- From: Sepsis Alliance Institute
- Presenters: Angel Coz, MD, FCCP; Mary Ann Barnes-Daly, MS, RN, CCRN-K, DC
- CE Information: 1.6 CNE, 1.25 CE for other healthcare professionals
- Session Overview: This presentation will describe and provide supporting data for the improvement efforts from two distinct health systems. Presenters will discuss the steps undertaken by a large Northern California health system to improve process and outcomes for the care of patients with severe sepsis and septic shock, and examine several VA Medical Centers' general sepsis management experiences. Work of both healthcare systems emphasizes the importance of recognition of sepsis as a medical emergency and structured sepsis management.
- Sepsis Alliance Institute – Sepsis 101 for Nurses(1:31:20)
- From: Sepsis Alliance Institute
- Presenter: Kelly Nguyen, MSN, RN, PHN
- CE Information: 2.3 CNE, 1.9 CE for other healthcare professionals
- Session Overview: This webinar discusses the need for basic sepsis education. Nurses are often the first to notice changes in a patient's signs and symptoms that may indicate the development of sepsis, and the need to have ongoing access to accurate sepsis education.
- Sepsis Alliance Institute – Sepsis for the Advanced Practice Provider(57:02)
- From: Sepsis Alliance Institute
- Presenters: Sue Sirianni, RN, DNP, ACNP-BC, ANP-BC, CCRN; Maria Teresa Palleschi, DNP RN APRN-BC CCRN
- CE Information: 1.7 CNE, 1.25 CE for other healthcare professionals
- Session Overview: Sepsis continues to be one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality in the adult population throughout the world. The session will review the epidemiology, pathophysiology and how advanced practice providers(APP) can impact the 3 and 6 hour bundle through the use of evidence based practices. It will also discuss how genotype affects sepsis identification, treatment and outcomes.