Reframing Sepsis & Burns: Insights from the Surviving Sepsis After Burn Campaign
Recorded On: 08/26/2025
Description:
Date: August 26, 2025
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm ET
Burn-related sepsis presents unique diagnostic and treatment challenges that traditional sepsis protocols fail to address. This webinar explores the groundbreaking international effort to develop a burn-specific framework for early identification, prevention, and management of sepsis. Drawing from expert consensus and the latest evidence, the webinar highlights key distinctions in pathophysiology, the limitations of conventional screening tools, and the development of actionable clinical recommendations designed to improve outcomes in this high-risk population.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of the activity, the learner should be able to:
- Differentiate between the systemic inflammatory response caused by burn injury and true sepsis, using current definitions and diagnostic criteria;
- Identify clinical indicators and evidence-based triggers for initiating sepsis management in burn patients;
- Apply the Surviving Sepsis After Burn Campaign (SSABC) recommendations to guide prevention, diagnosis, and treatment strategies in clinical practice;
- Describe existing protocols for burn sepsis management and identify opportunities for improvement based on SSABC consensus guidelines.
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.
Webinar Supporters:
Sepsis Alliance gratefully acknowledges the support provided for this webinar by the Sepsis Alliance Institute sponsors.
David Greenhalgh, MD, FACS
Professor Emeritus
University of California Davis
David G. Greenhalgh, MD, FACS, was named Chief of Staff for Burn Surgery at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Northern California, and Department of Surgery for the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine in 1997. He retired from the University of California, Davis in 2022 as Professor Emeritus and then retired from Shriners in 2024.
Upon completion of his fellowships in 1989, Dr. Greenhalgh was employed at Shriners Hospitals for Children Cincinnati and the University of Cincinatti. From 2006-2007, Dr. Greenhalgh served as President of the American Burn Association and was President of the International Society for Burn Injuries from 2020-2022. He is past Editor of Burns Open and remains Associate Editor for Journal Burn Care and Research and PLOS.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP17068 for 1.2 contact hours.
Other healthcare professionals will receive a certificate of attendance for 1 contact hour.
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