Hi Kelly, We have implemented a Sepsis alert protocol here in Greenville County. We have had such great success that we have begun drawing cultures, lactates, and administering ABX in the field during transport. I would be happy to talk to you about it and share our protocol. We have already seen a 10% decrease in mortality. Culture contamination rates below 5%, and obviously time to ABX times for the hospital have gone to zero.
LT. Jason Walchok NRP, FP-C Training Coordinator Greenville County EMS 301 University Ridge Suite 1100 Greenville, SC 29601 Office: (864) 467-7389 Mobile: (864) 419-4953 "Turn out highly proficient, highly motivated medics, who are proficient in their craft, and able to provide high-quality service even in the most difficult of circumstances." From: Sepsisgroups [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kelly Nguyen Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2015 7:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Sepsis Groups] Pre-Hospital Sepsis Alert Hello, I am wondering if anyone is currently working in a county that has an established pre-hospital sepsis alert - similar to a stroke or STEMI alert in which the paramedic would notify the receiving hospital of a potentially septic patient- and would be willing to provide more information to me on this process. Thank you, Kelly Nguyen, MSN, RN Sepsis Program Coordinator Clinical Effectiveness El Camino Hospital O: 650.988.7968 | M: 408.242.6565 P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. This email contains confidential or proprietary information that may be legally privileged. It is intended only for the named recipient(s). If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected the email please notify the author by replying to this message. If you are not the named recipient you are not authorized to use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on this email and should immediately delete if from your computer system. Thank you. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and may contain information which is legally privileged or otherwise exempt from disclosure. They are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom this e-mail is addressed. If you are not one of the named recipients or otherwise have reason to believe that you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the sender and delete this message immediately from your computer. Any other use, retention, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited.
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