Hi Jacqui, Good timing!
Just this week we've started to have similar discussions within our ED. I'm meeting the Paeds ED lead to discuss ideas on how we identify these patients and collect the data. Not sure how quickly we'll manage to put something together, but I'll share through this distribution list when we do. I'll be interested to see what other trusts/regions are doing. Best wishes Stuart Dr Stuart Nuttall Consultant in Emergency Medicine Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust On 5 Nov 2012, at 09:38, Jones Jacqui (RTR) South Tees NHS Trust 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] > > 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
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