Sepsis
05/31/23 • 22 min
With sepsis, or septicemia, it can get real complicated, real fast. But we’re gonna try to just keep it simple today and talk about what you really need to know as nursing students.
Sepsis is when the body has an extreme response to an infection. The body tries so hard to fight off the infection, that it can even damage the patient’s own tissues and organs. Sepsis usually starts with a bacterial infection, but we also see it caused by fungal, viral, or even parasitic infections.
Acronyms used in this episode:
TIME: Temperature, Infection, Mental decline, and Extremely ill
HATTT: Hypotension, Altered Mental State, Tachycardia, Tachypnea, and Temperature
CALL IT: Cultures, Antibiotics, Lactate, Lactate, IV Fluids, and Tissue perfusion
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With sepsis, or septicemia, it can get real complicated, real fast. But we’re gonna try to just keep it simple today and talk about what you really need to know as nursing students.
Sepsis is when the body has an extreme response to an infection. The body tries so hard to fight off the infection, that it can even damage the patient’s own tissues and organs. Sepsis usually starts with a bacterial infection, but we also see it caused by fungal, viral, or even parasitic infections.
Acronyms used in this episode:
TIME: Temperature, Infection, Mental decline, and Extremely ill
HATTT: Hypotension, Altered Mental State, Tachycardia, Tachypnea, and Temperature
CALL IT: Cultures, Antibiotics, Lactate, Lactate, IV Fluids, and Tissue perfusion
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Nursing School Week by Week - Sepsis
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Sepsis & Septic Shock
Welcome back to the Nursing School Week by Week Podcast. I’m your host, Melanie, and today we are tackling a big one. We’re talking about Sepsis and Septic Shock. Honestly, I’m a little intimidated by this one, just because it’s a huge topic, but it’s an important one, so I’m gonna try to do it justice. With sepsis, or septicemia, it can get real complicated, real fast. But we’re gonna try to just keep it simple today and
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