Enhancing Recovery from Sepsis and COVID-19
Recorded On: 09/17/2020
Description:
This talk reviews our current understanding of long-term outcomes from sepsis; discusses what is known about recovery from COVID-19; reviews best practices for enhancing recovery from sepsis; and discusses current trials underway to enhance recovery from sepsis. The story of recovery from a sepsis survivor is shared.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of the activity, the learner should be able to:
- Describe long-term sequelae of sepsis;
- Review the current state of knowledge regarding long-term outcome and recovery from COVID-19;
- Discuss recommended practices for enhancing recovery from sepsis (across continuum, from hospital to outpatient management);
- List current trials in process that are focused on enhancing recovery from sepsis.
Target Audience:
Nurses, advanced practice providers, physicians, emergency responders, pharmacists, medical technologists, respiratory therapists, physical/occupational therapists, infection prevention specialists, data/quality specialists, and more.
Hallie Prescott, MD, MSc
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine Division of Pulmonary Critical Care
University of Michigan
Hallie Prescott, MD, MSc, is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary Critical Care within Michigan Medicine and a Staff Physician at the Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Medical Center. She is the physician lead on the HMS Sepsis and Mi-COVID19 Initiatives. Hallie completed medical school, residency, and chief residency at Ohio State University, and fellowship and Masters in Health Services Research at the University of Michigan. She is interested in sepsis, performance measurement, and long-term outcomes after critical illness. She serves as Vice-Chair of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines, as a council member of the International Sepsis Forum, and on the advisory board of Sepsis Alliance.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP17068 for 1.6 contact hours.
Other healthcare professionals will receive a certificate of attendance for 1.25 contact hours.
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