Sepsis

EMS educators can improve sepsis patient outcomes by ensuring EMTs and paramedics have knowledge appropriate and impactful training

Use this guide to determine when to activate HEMS and transport to a level 1 burn center

Recognize the signs and symptoms of pneumonia and understand how capnography can be used to guide treatment for pneumonia and sepsis.

Know the difference between septic shock and cardiogenic shock and how to treat both in the field

In this episode learn the 5 diagnoses for altered mental status that can kill your patient emergently

Lactate may be used to identify a common killer in the prehospital environment

Understand the importance of monitoring end-tidal carbon dioxide and the valuable information it provides for patient assessment and treatment

In some cases, our medical monitoring equipment alert is the precursor to a rapidly deteriorating patient who appears normal

EMS providers have a key role in initial emergency care for pediatric patients with sepsis

Follow these EMS tips to measure mean arterial pressure, monitor sepsis, rule out DKA and ensure high-quality CPR

In this episode, our co-hosts welcome Medtronic's Holly Stewart, who explains the history of capnography and offers insight into its use for DKA and sepsis monitoring

In this episode of Remember 2 Things, columnist Steve Whitehead offers two ways capnography can be helpful in treating patients with head injuries or who present as septic. 

In the coming decade, EMS will be engaged in even more efforts to triage patients in the field to route them to the most appropriate hospitals

Design your training scenario to include increasingly complicated sepsis symptoms to test EMS providers’ differential diagnosis skills

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