A 66-year-old Walmart greeter from Utah died after suffering a work injury and developing iPhone-sized bedsores while she was ...
Dawn Nagel, a nurse at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, Calif., knew she was going to have a busy day, with more than a dozen patients showing signs of sepsis. They included a 61-year-old mechanic with ...
Sepsis, a life-threatening response to infection, is a major cause of death in U.S. hospitals, and early treatment is critical. The flag prompted the charge nurse to instruct Hart to room the patient ...
This new sepsis protocol is saving time and saving lives, according to this CNO. CNOs everywhere need to be concerned about sepsis. According to the CDC, 1.7 million American adults develop sepsis ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Andrea Gray was a nurse for several years and is now a patient care supervisor, but in 2018 she was a patient after she contracted ...
Sepsis and Mortality: Sober Facts Elements of a Sepsis Screening Program Principles for a Successful Pilot Program References Principles for a Successful Pilot Program Several important considerations ...
An 85-year-old New Yorker went to a nursing home for a "short-term" rehab stint with plans to return to his wife soon after, ...
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are more than 1.7 million cases of sepsis every year, leading to 300,000 annual deaths. "Sepsis is a potentially lethal condition; ...
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A former nurse who became an influential sepsis campaigner after losing both legs and an arm to the disease took her own life at age 53, an inquest has heard. Jayne Carpenter’s body was found by her ...
(WAVY) — Andrea Gray was a nurse for several years and is now a patient care supervisor, but in 2018 she was a patient after she contracted sepsis following a medical procedure, but it wasn’t caught ...