P066: Comfort of emergency medicine physicians in implementing early goal directed therapy for sepsis

Introduction: The recently published ProMISe, ARISE and ProCESS trials demonstrated that protocol-based resuscitation (EGDT) of ER patients in whom septic shock was diagnosed did not improve outcome when compared to usual care. The objective of this project was to survey McMaster emergency physicians in areas including sepsis definition, clinical recognition in adults, self-rated skills assessment, attitudes towards skills …