As many as 87% of sepsis cases originate in the patient’s community. Sepsis is the body’s lifethreatening response to an infection that takes 270,000 lives a year in the United States alone. EMS are often the first medical providers to reach these cases.

In fact, EMS transports as many as 60% of patients with severe sepsis arriving at the emergency department, yet many EMS are unaware of sepsis or what they should do if they suspect it.

In response, Sepsis Alliance created Sepsis: First Response, an education video to prepare prehospital care providers to better identify and treat sepsis cases they encounter in the field. This video offers prehospital providers with the tools to rapidly identify sepsis, begin treatment, and effectively coordinate with the emergency department and inhospital colleagues.

Sepsis: First Response has been endorsed by the National Association of EMS Physicians, the National Association of EMS Educators and the New England Center for Rescue and Emergency Medicine.

To learn more visit https://www.sepsis.org/sepsisfirstr....