Sepsis Management in Prolonged Field Care: 28 October 2020.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-2020
Abstract
This Role 1 prolonged field care (PFC) guideline is intended for use in the austere environment when evacuation to higher level of care is not immediately possible. A provider must first be an expert in Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC). The intent of this guideline is to provide a functional, evidence-based and experience-based solution to those individuals who must manage patients suspected of having or diagnosed with sepsis in an austere environment. Emphasis is placed on the basics of diagnosis and treatment using the tools most familiar to a Role 1 provider. Ideal hospital techniques are adapted to meet the limitations of austere environments while still maintaining the highest standards of care possible. Sepsis and septic shock are medical emergencies. Patients suspected of having either of these conditions should be immediately evacuated out of the austere environment to higher echelons of care. These patients are often complex, requiring 24-hour monitoring, critical care skills, and a great deal of resources to treat. Obtaining evacuation is the highest treatment priority for these patients. This Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) uses the minimum, better, best paradigm familiar to PFC and gives medics of varying capabilities and resources options for treatment.
Volume
20
Issue
4
First Page
27
Last Page
39
ISSN
1553-9768
Published In/Presented At
Rapp, J., Keenan, S., Taylor, D., Rapp, A., Turconi, M., Maves, R., Kavanaugh, M., Makati, D., Powell, D., Loos, P. E., Sarkisian, S., Sakhuja, A., Mosely, D. S., & Shackelford, S. A. (2020). Sepsis Management in Prolonged Field Care: 28 October 2020. Journal of special operations medicine : a peer reviewed journal for SOF medical professionals, 20(4), 27–39. https://doi.org/10.55460/I18B-1ZQM
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
33320310
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article