Grand Rounds - Oct. 23, 2020
"Creating and Sustaining a Highly-Reliable Health System for the Identification and Treatment of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock"
Speaker:
Russell B. Kerbel, MD, MBA, Medical Director, Sepsis Prevention for UCLA Health Assistant Professor of Medicine Division of Hospital Medicine David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
Objectives
- Describe the most recent concepts surrounding the pathophysiology of sepsis
- Recognize the difference between the various existing sepsis definitions
- Provide an overview of the landmark Sepsis Clinical Trials
- List some tools used to recognize sepsis in the hospital
- Identify the steps to create a high-reliability system to identify and treat sepsis
Accreditation: St. Charles Health System is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. St. Charles Health System designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM.
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Target Audience: Physicians, Nurses, Pharmacists, Allied Health Professionals
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