Prolonged Field Care Podcast 24: Infection To Sepsis Round Table

You have probably treated someone with an infection and likely even with  someone with SIRS criteria at some point in your career.  At what point  does a simple infection become concerning to the point that you should  call for a teleconsult?  When does it become emergent or life threatening, demanding intervention  and treatment?  How can you prevent an infection from getting to that point?  Once it becomes systemic how can you best manage a patient that meets  SIRS criteria?  When can you send a guy back to his room and when should you keep a  close eye on him so that he doesn’t suddenly crash and die after  discharge?  At what point does sepsis turn into septic shock and become a life  threatening emergency?   In this episode Dennis moderates an interesting discussion on  recognition and management of sepsis in Prolonged Field Care.  We have  Doug and Jaybon from the ICU, Jay from the ER perspective along with  Paul providing some questions and insight on prehospital and evacuation  considerations.  This is a followup to Doc Jabon Ellis’ previous sepsis  video podcast so if you want to “pre-read” listen to that first.  If you  just want to listen to this one and still have some questions, go back  and watch that one… a coupe times.  I feel like these 2 episodes will  help make you a better medic who will be able to accurately place a  patient on the SIRS/SEPSIS spectrum and apply appropriate treatments  before we get to life threatening septic shock or death.   www.prolongedfieldcare.org