Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the General Division Mr Matthew Bruce Ames, QLD For significant service to community health, to engineering, to business administration, and to corporate governance. Hear and Say
Four years ago, Mick O’Dowd thought he would never be able to do much again. In the aftermath of a devastating illness (sepsis) he could only hope to have the kind of freedom most people take for granted. It was 2018 and the whole family was there for a hectic, noisy, happy Christmas Day. While […]
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 […]
wELCOME TO SEPSIS AUSTRALIASepsis Australia leads the Australian Stopping Sepsis National Action Plan. Embedded within The George Institute for Global Health, Sepsis Australia coordinates collaborative partnerships, and places people with lived experience of sepsis at the centre of our efforts to drive systemic improvements in early recognition and prevention, quality of care and support, and…
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Failure to recognise and treat sepsis results in another tragic and preventable death. Statement by The George Institute for Global Health Australian Sepsis Network. The Queensland Office of the Health Ombudsman (OHO) has concluded that ‘systemic failures’ played a role in the tragic death of a young Aboriginal boy named Charlie Izaak Wilfred Gowa, from […]
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.
Sepsis is caused by the body’s overwhelming and life-threatening response to an infection and requires rapid intervention. It begins outside of the hospital for nearly 80 percent of patients. According to a new Vital Signs report released by CDC, about 7 in 10 patients with sepsis had used health care services recently or had chronic diseases that required […]
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