Sepsis & the Deteriorating Adult
— recognising sepsis from general practice, urgent care and a rural or
peripheral hospital, written to the ACSQHC Sepsis Clinical Care Standard:
why older people present without fever or a raised white cell count, the
full observation set including lactate, the red flags (family concern,
re-presentation, deterioration despite treatment), the antimicrobial
timing thresholds (60 minutes with organ dysfunction, 3 hours where
the diagnosis is uncertain), what to start before transfer, and the GP’s
role in post-sepsis survivorship care.