Today's conference sponsors:
Alcidion, www.alcidion.com, TRANSFORMING HEALTHCARE TOGETHER
ALERT, @ALERT_Course
Today's chair: Dr Isabel Gonzalez Chair The National Outreach Programme Consultant Critical Care South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Medical Lead North of England Critical Care Network.
Opening today's conference is Lou Gallie Patient Advocate, Blog Writer and Volunteer
University Hospitals Plymouth
A Lived Experience
● my journey through critical illness and deterioration
Sepsis & Covid-19, Dr Ron Daniels BEM Consultant in Anesthesia and Intensive Care
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Vice President Global Sepsis Alliance Executive Director UK Sepsis Trust Senior Lecturer Queen Mary’s University
● Sepsis and Covid-19: are Covid-19 survivors more at risk of Sepsis?
● recognising Sepsis in Covid-19 survivors: training and educating staff and patients
● an update from the UK Sepsis Trust
Ron commented that:
"Breast cancer claims 11,000 lives, Bowl cancer claims 16,000 lives, Sepsis claims 48k every year."
"Sepsis has taken more lives than Covid 19"
"Public have a thirst for Knowledge that we didn’t have before"
"Studies confirms that sepsis is likelyto cause 11 million deaths worldwide, that a life lost evey 3 seconds"
"We do not realise how broken these Sepsis survivors are, 40% have one or more after effects that can last a minimum of a year."