Sepsis Alliance Launches New Community Education Kit to Raise Sepsis Awareness Across America

Nearly half of Americans haven’t heard of sepsis, the body’s life-threatening response to infection that kills more than a quarter million people every year in the U.S. Sepsis Alliance, the nation’s leading sepsis advocacy organization, just launchead a new Sepsis 911 Community Education Kit that empowers sepsis advocates across the country to make a difference in their local community by spreading the word about sepsis. “There are passionate sepsis advocates in every corner of this country and Sepsis Alliance is excited to offer a new tool to help these leaders share their stories and raise sepsis awareness,” said Thomas Heymann, executive director of Sepsis Alliance. “Sepsis kills more Americans than prostate cancer, breast cancer, and AIDS combined, yet so many people haven’t heard of it or don’t know the symptoms. Sepsis is a medical emergency and together we can save lives simply by raising awareness, which is exactly what the Sepsis 911 Community Education Kit aims to do.” Sepsis 911 Community Education Presentation is a leader-guided presentation that allows members of the public to share information about sepsis awareness, recognition, and management to their community. The most impactful element of the kit is the new short video, Sepsis 911, which tells the inspirational story of sepsis survivor and quadruple amputee, Sue Stull and her husband Jay. Before she became ill in August 2014, Sue was a healthy, active woman. She developed sepsis and her li...
Source: JEMS Patient Care - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tags: Training Patient Care Source Type: news