Overview

This module will take approximately 30 minutes to complete and includes the following elements:

• Background
  • Prevalence and prognosis.
• Diagnosis
  • How to diagnose sepsis.
• Management
  • How to manage sepsis.
• Optional quiz to assess your learning from the course
• A list of useful links and resources for further reading

Goals

During this course you will learn to:

• Be aware of when to suspect a diagnosis of sepsis in primary care.
• Be aware of risk stratification tools that can be used to assess the risk of clinical deterioration, severe illness, or death from sepsis.
• Arrange emergency transfer to hospital if sepsis is suspected and the person is judged to be at high risk of severe illness or death, or at moderate-to-high risk and the person cannot be managed in primary care.
• Provide appropriate emergency management in primary care, if necessary, prior to hospital transfer.

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