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• EMS quality improvement through clinical specialty teams

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  Harness a passion for care to identify improvement opportunities in clinical specialty areas and propose change

• Aspiring paramedic dies of sepsis days after complaining of cold

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  Jessica Holbrook’s family is campaigning to raise awareness of sepsis after Holbrook died five days after she had a sore throat and a cough

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  4 effective strategies to cope with drug shortages in EMS

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  Pharmaceutical shortages are an ongoing challenge for EMS providers, but agencies can take proactive steps to address the issue

• Retired firefighter-EMT survives life-threatening infection

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  Tom Laumann was diagnosed with pneumonia with sepsis after suffering back spasms and a dry cough and became unable to breathe

• Webinar: How can prehospital providers quickly identify and treat sepsis?

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  Research suggests that every 2 minutes someone dies from sepsis in the U.S. – that's more than from prostate cancer, breast cancer and AIDS combined. Saving patients from this deadly infection is a race against time. Sepsis unleashes havoc, indiscriminately claiming the lives of millions of men, women and children every year. Sepsis is a menace that has been lurking in the EMS world ’s underbelly for generations. In honor of National Sepsis Awareness Month, this webinar will reveal the knowledge you need to identify and combat this deadly killer.

• What is sepsis

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  Sepsis explainer video from Kaiser Health News introduces signs and symptoms of sepsis and immediate care steps. Learn more about sepsis and 10 things you need to know to save lives.

• Avoidable sepsis infections send thousands of older patients to gruesome deaths

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  A federal report found that care related to sepsis was the most common reason given for transfers of nursing home residents to hospitals

• Sepsis alert: How to diagnose septic shock

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  Decreasing mortality through recognizing, reporting, and treating sepsis in the field

• Quiz: How much do you know about sepsis?

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  Take our 5-minute quiz to find out how your assessment skills measure up

• Hospital, fire dept. team up to better treat sepsis in the field

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  North Richland Hills Fire Department and Medical City North Hills created the Code Sepsis program to assess and treat sepsis with antibiotics en route to the hospital

• What's on the EMS radar screen for 2018?

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  EMS can be a major player in clinical medicine, operational delivery and healthcare changes, decreasing morbidity and mortality

• Infographic: What is sepsis?

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  The Sepsis Alliance lays out the basics of sepsis, including number of deaths each year and symptoms

• Ketamine: A two-pronged approach to sepsis management

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  EMS providers who can look beyond ketamine’s perception as a street or veterinary drug will find it is uniquely positioned to treat sepsis

• Understanding atypical sepsis

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  Paramedics Australasia WA describe presentations of atypical sepsis.

• 3 scenarios to train for diagnosis, treatment of sepsis

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  Use simulation education to teach EMS providers to recognize and treat sepsis

• Research shows aggressive treatment of sepsis can save lives

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  Every additional hour it takes to give antibiotics and perform other key steps increases the odds of death by 4 percent

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