BMC Emergency Medicine (Nov 2024)

Sepsis management in pre-hospital care – the earlier, the better?

  • Taline Lazzarin,
  • Raquel Simões Ballarin,
  • Leonardo Zornoff,
  • Suzana Erico Tanni,
  • Sergio Alberto Rupp de Paiva,
  • Paula Schmidt Azevedo,
  • Marcos Ferreira Minicucci

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-024-01137-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 24, no. 1
pp. 1 – 5

Abstract

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Abstract Emergency medical services often serve as the initial point of contact for septic patients, offering crucial pre-hospital intervention opportunities. However, the efficacy of pre-hospital interventions remains uncertain. From this perspective, we’ll talk about the available evidence of pre-hospital sepsis and septic shock treatment and the barriers to its implementation.

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