My experience with sepsis involves infertility and IVF. For anyone reading this who may be experiencing either of those, please understand that this story might be triggering but it does end well. For context, during this period of my life I had a three-year-old daughter, a husband and was generally healthy. Between March 2022 and […]
Sepsis Associated with 1 in 5 Deaths Worldwide, Double Prior Estimates – Children and Poor Regions Hit Hardest Twice as many people are dying from sepsis worldwide than previously estimated, according to a groundbreaking study by an international team of scientists published in The Lancet today. Among them are a disproportionately high number of children […]
Treating sepsis patients with steroids leads to quicker recovery and reduces the number of blood transfusions needed, according to ADRENAL – the largest ever international clinical trial on septic shock. A team of researchers from The George Institute for Global Health – including Professor Simon Finfer of the Australian Sepsis Network – studied whether the […]
Septic shock is a serious complication of sepsis, affecting 15 thousand Australians annually, with a global mortality rate of up to 50%. Occurring when blood pressure is dangerously low, septic shock starves organs and can rapidly lead to multiple organ failure or death. Adding to the severity of the condition is that some patients respond […]
Sepsis is something I knew nothing about – like so many others. My first encounter with Sepsis occurred when my daughter, Lola, was born. My wifes pregnancy with Lola was the most “normal” of all our 3 kids. However, when she was born she quickly stopped breathing. She was grey, silent and lifeless. I remember […]
Sepsis survivor and advocate Steve Zimbler knows just how fortunate he is to be alive. While visiting family in Switzerland, Steve became critically unwell after developing sepsis in response to a still unknown infection. “I can attest to its severity. I had never heard of sepsis before, and I credit my daughter’s quick thinking in […]
Initial Injury and Onset In early 2023, I was recovering from a cold virus when our new 12-week-old puppy, Harriet the Harrier, accidentally scratched my left shin, leaving a 1 cm wound. Initially, I thought little of it. Within 48 hours, I began experiencing flu-like symptoms and gastrointestinal upset. I assumed it was a recurrence […]
This story was written by Joel Davidson, Ollie’s Father. On the 22nd day of April 2024, we sent our three sons, Kai (7), Ollie (5), and Harry (3), off to school and daycare like every normal day. The kids had a standard day; however, at around 5 p.m., Ollie developed a mild temp and complained […]
Sepsis Australia welcomes the release of the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care’s Sepsis Epidemiology Report — the most comprehensive national analysis to date of hospital-treated sepsis in Australia. Drawing on more than 900,000 hospitalisations between 2013–14 and 2022–23, the report confirms that sepsis is significantly more widespread, deadly, and costly than […]
