I am a 63 year old nurse practitioner, wife to Bruce, mother to Sarah, Katie, Sean and Scott, Nanny to Will, Mila and Winnie. I have a large family, my parents are still alive, they immigrated from Scotland when I was a toddler. I have 4 sisters and a brother, lots of nieces and nephews. We are […]
Sepsis Australia is collaborating with two prominent research collaboratives to establish national research priorities addressing both paediatric and adult sepsis. These collaborations, facilitated by the James Lind Alliance (JLA), represent a pivotal step in guiding research efforts to meet the needs of diverse stakeholders. The project integrates the expertise and perspectives of patients, carers, and […]
Shaping Sepsis Care is a new Australian study that brings together patients, carers, and healthcare professionals to identify and rank the most important unanswered research questions about sepsis. Led by the National Critical Care Research (NCCR) Collaboration, it is part of a new Priority Setting Partnership in conjunction with the UK’s James Lind Alliance (JLA). […]
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 […]
The Queensland Paediatric Sepsis Mortality Study, led by Dr Paula Lister, is believed to be the first population-based study of childhood sepsis deaths anywhere in the world. This pioneering research marks a major step forward in understanding the true burden of paediatric sepsis. In March of 2024 – the Queensland Family and Child Commission (QFCC) […]
Where Critical Care Minds Meet We’re excited to you to join us at CCR Down Under 2025, 9–10 December at Federation Square, Melbourne. Led by Professor Rob Mac Sweeney, CCR Down Under brings together the world’s leading clinicians, researchers, journal editors, statisticians and allied health professionals to debate, challenge, and unpack the results of eight […]
Since the release of Australia’s first Sepsis National Action Plan in 2017, Sepsis Australia has led a national collaboration, working in partnership with clinicians, consumers, researchers, and policymakers to elevate the national response to sepsis. Eight years on, awareness has increased, clinical pathways have been established and resources have been developed and disseminated. These outcomes […]
Please join the Paediatric Sepsis Series – Acute Rheumatic Fever in Children, virtual education brought to you by the Queensland Paediatric Sepsis Program (QPSP). Acute Rheumatic Fever (ARF) and sepsis are distinct conditions, but in children, they can sometimes be challenging to differentiate due to overlapping symptoms, particularly in the initial stages. Presented by Paediatric Cardiologist Dr Benjamin […]
