Sepsis Australia is a collaborative of individuals and organisations who are working to prevent sepsis, improve outcomes for sepsis survivors and support families and carers, and those bereaved by sepsis.
A big congratulations to A/Prof Naomi Hammond, Head, Critical Care Program and Sepsis Australia at The George institute for Global Health, for her appointment to Executive Director of Research, Northen Sydney Local Health District (NSLHD). In addition to this recent appointment, Naomi received the Chief Executive Commendation Award at the NSLHD 2023 Exceptional People Awards […]
Sepsis Australia would like to would like to express our sincerest gratitude to GAMA Healthcare Australia for their generous donations and continuous charity work to support the unfunded program of Sepsis Australia. We deeply appreciate GAMA’s commitment to our cause and the impact it will have on the fight against sepsis. In the last 12 […]
The George Institute/Sepsis Australia and the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care are currently planning for the National Sepsis Program (Phase 2 ‘Extension’) that will build on the work achieved in the National Sepsis Program (Phase 1) which saw the launch of the national Sepsis Clinical care Standard. March 2024 is the […]
World Sepsis Day is 13 SEPT 2022 Thankyou to our local sepsis champions and consumer advocates who work tirelessly to improve outcomes for #sepsis survivors, their families and carers. Join us on World Sepsis Day to raise awareness https://www.worldsepsisday.org/wsd2022
In strong partnership with consumers, the Queensland Paediatric Sepsis Project (QPSP) aims to deliver a world leading holistic approach to paediatric sepsis within the acute care setting and beyond, including development of a comprehensive education and awareness platform; expansion of the sepsis pathway into inpatient areas of care; an integrated model of care for post-sepsis […]
A matter of minutes! On Christmas Day two years ago Mick O’Dowd was feeling unwell. 24 hours later he was battling for his life. The life-affirming story of Mick and Katharine O’Dowd and the silent killer most people have never heard of, sepsis. Watch this incredible Australian Story of survival, resilience, loving support and recovery […]
EPISODE ONE – PANDEMIC SEPSIS Virtual Event 5th August 2020 @ 8am AEST (1 hour) Cost: $25 AUD Register here Design lead: Prof Simon Finfer In mid 2017 the World Health Assembly identified Sepsis as a global health priority. Sepsis is “a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection.” The Covid-19 […]
On Monday, May 18th and Tuesday, May 19th, the 73rd session of the World Health Assembly took place in Geneva. The Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reported on the progress of the 2017 WHA resolution on “Improving the prevention, diagnosis, and clinical management of sepsis“. For more information see: 73rd WHA progress on sepsis To access […]
