Sepsis Management

- Blunt or penetrating injuries may cause sepsis in untreated or undertreated patients
- Early recognition of impending sepsis and immediate treatment are imperative to improve changes of survival
- Maintain a high degree of suspicion for signs of early and/or progressing sepsis while performing continuous triage
- Sepsis is defined as suspected or proven infection plus evidence of end organ dysfunction.
- The National Early Warning Score (NEWS)17 is an aggregate scoring system indicating early physiologic derangements: