SEPSIS 🦠🚨 What is it? → Sepsis occurs most often when an underlying infection advances into a larger inflammatory response and causes systemic involvement. This can lead to organ failure, damage, or even death. How do we recognize it? → Many facilities have a sepsis protocol where, if a patient meets a certain criterion with vital signs, lab values, or assessment, we are prompted to act BUT… you ALWAYS want to assess further, notify the provider, and think critically if you feel something may

🦠Sepsis can be quite a difficult topic to understand with many contributing factors of the disease process. Here is a quick breakdown of only a portion of what happens in the body during sepsis. ⁣ ⁣ 👀Keep reading for more information, and please comment any other helpful information or questions you have, this is a 100% open community.⁣ ⁣ 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗲𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀:⁣ ⁣ 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: It all starts with an infection caused by bacteria