Abstract
Our institutional sepsis leadership team sought to improve key drivers to influence outcomes in pediatric sepsis. We prioritized the key drivers of outcomes locally through site specific process mapping, a sepsis Kaizen event, review of data and sentinel cases. We identified difficult vascular access in a subgroup of patients as a barrier to achieving resuscitation/stabilization in our emergency/urgent care settings. Our objective is to improve sepsis care by hastening time to vascular access and subsequently hastening time from order to delivery of broad spectrum antibiotics. We sought to do this by: 1. Creating a standardized time-based algorithm for obtaining access 2. Promoting use of alternative access methods through method specific tips/tricks sheets and education.
Sigma Membership
Non-member
Type
Poster
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Quality Improvement
Research Approach
N/A
Keywords:
Pediatric Sepsis, Urgent Access, Quality Improvement
Recommended Citation
Mackenzie, Joan E.; Greenwald, Emily; Stump, Amanda; Smith, Carter; Thomas, James; Ernst, Nicole; and Scott, Halden F., "Development of an urgent access algorithm for children with sepsis" (2020). General Submissions: Presenations (Oral and Poster). 112.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/gen_sub_presentations/2019/posters/112
Conference Name
Emergency Nursing 2019
Conference Host
Emergency Nurses Association
Conference Location
Austin, Texas, USA
Conference Year
2019
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Development of an urgent access algorithm for children with sepsis
Austin, Texas, USA
Our institutional sepsis leadership team sought to improve key drivers to influence outcomes in pediatric sepsis. We prioritized the key drivers of outcomes locally through site specific process mapping, a sepsis Kaizen event, review of data and sentinel cases. We identified difficult vascular access in a subgroup of patients as a barrier to achieving resuscitation/stabilization in our emergency/urgent care settings. Our objective is to improve sepsis care by hastening time to vascular access and subsequently hastening time from order to delivery of broad spectrum antibiotics. We sought to do this by: 1. Creating a standardized time-based algorithm for obtaining access 2. Promoting use of alternative access methods through method specific tips/tricks sheets and education.