Sepsis: spotting the signs and acting fast

How do you recognise the signs of sepsis? And how should you respond when you suspect the patient in front of you is at risk?

The latest episode of the podcast examines what nursing staff need to know about this life-threatening condition.

Our guest, Sian Annakin, is deteriorating patient lead at the Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, and a sepsis practitioner.

She tells Emergency Nurse editor Sophie Blakemore what to watch out for in adults and what the guidelines say about how and when to treat a patient with suspected sepsis.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence sepsis guidance is currently under review with an update expected in late June.

Ms Annakin, who is also communications officer for the UK Sepsis Practitioner Forum, discusses why the review is taking place and what it means for nurses and hospital trusts in the interim, as well as when the update is published, whatever the outcome. 

Listeners will also hear what tools are available to help them screen for sepsis and how to supplement these using their own clinical experience.

For more episodes of the Nursing Standard podcast, visit rcni.com/podcast

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