Surviving Simulated Sepsis

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OPEN ACCESSNovember 16, 2010Surviving Simulated Sepsis Brian Hemann, Noah Hall, Medical Student, Jeffrey Mikita Brian Hemann Assistant Professor of Medicine, Director of Fourth Year Internal Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine Google Scholar More articles by this author , Noah Hall, Medical Student USUHS Google Scholar More articles by this author , Jeffrey Mikita Director of Medical Simulation, Walter Reed Army Medical Center Google Scholar More articles by this author https://doi.org/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.8196 SectionsAboutAbstract ToolsDownload Citations ShareFacebookTwitterEmail AbstractAbstractThis is an educational resource intended to provide the information and materials necessary to run an original simulated case suitable for training small- to medium-sized groups of medical students and residents. This simulated case involves a patient presenting to the emergency department with signs and symptoms consistent with systemic inflammatory response syndrome. The trainee is responsible for proper assessment, diagnosis, and management as the patient progresses from systemic inflammatory response syndrome to sepsis, severe sepsis, and then, ultimately, septic shock. This work represents a unique style in simulation-based medical teaching. It is one of many cases developed for our fourth-year student senior medical seminars. The framework, which is based on taking care of a critical patient, pauses for discussions interspersed throughout the scenario. Typically, these occur after important decision points to illustrate and emphasize key learning objectives. Short slide sets are included with the case to facilitate these discussions. This style of teaching has helped to engage students more intimately with the material by taking advantage of the increased emotional “buy in” from the learner audience. Educational Objectives By the end of this scenario, participants will be able to: Demonstrate a guidelines-based approach to the management of a patient with severe sepsis or septic shock.Understand the spectrum of sepsis illnesses.Define early goal directed therapy.Demonstrate proper use of vasopressors.Discuss principles of initial antibiotic coverage.Discuss the pathophysiology of septic shock.Understand the clinical importance of determining bacterial species and site of infection. Sign up for the latest publications from MedEdPORTAL Add your email below FILES INCLUDEDReferencesRelatedDetails FILES INCLUDED Included in this publication: Admission Orders Sepsis.docx All slides.pptx Sepsis Case Description Outline.docx To view all publication components, extract (i.e., unzip) them from the downloaded .zip file. Download editor’s noteThis publication may contain technology or a display format that is no longer in use. Copyright & Permissions© 2010 Hemann et al. This is an open-access publication distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike license.KeywordsSepsisVasopressorsInfectionSystemic Inflammatory Response SyndromeSIRSSeptic Shock Disclosures None to report. Funding/Support None to report. Loading ...