Sepsis September

3. A sepsis bolus must be completed within ______hours.
5. An ________needs to be administered within three hours of Severe Sepsis Presentation.
6. ___________criteria is identified by two or more symptoms including fever/hypothermia, elevated heart rate, elevated respiratory rate or a change in WBC count.
8. If clinically indicated, a vasopressor must be started within ______ hours.
9. Which lab test needs to be drawn within three hours to assess organ dysfunction?
10. How many vital signs must be documented in the hour following sepsis bolus completion to determine whether there was adequate fluid resuscitation?
12. ______cultures are always drawn before antibiotics.
13. _______rate greater than 22 is a criteria for determining sepsis.

1. _______ failure is indicative of severe sepsis.
2. A life-threatening medical emergency that occurs when the body's immune system has an extreme response to infection.
4. When someone has severe sepsis, their chances of survival drop by almost 8% every _____that goes by without treatment.
7. An initial Lactate was 5. A second Lactate has to be completed within ___ hours.
8. What month is sepsis awareness month?
11. What is the calculation for the correct amount of sepsis fluids? _______mL/Kg.