Journal article
P036: Sensitivity and false negatives in the use of a prehospital sepsis alert
Abstract
Introduction:
Prehospital sepsis alerts assist paramedics in identifying patients with sepsis and in communicating this diagnosis to receiving facilities. Following the prospective implementation study of our regional systemic inflammatory response syndrome-based alert criteria (Alert), the purpose of this sub-study was to determine the cause of Alert false negatives (patients without an Alert that subsequently met sepsis …
Authors
Sample S; Quinlan D; Willis K; Casement D; Lutz-Graul K; Welsford M
Journal
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine, Vol. 22, No. S1, pp. s77–s77
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
5 2020
DOI
10.1017/cem.2020.243
ISSN
1481-8035