Describe how you would initially manage a patient with sepsis and then what additional steps you would take if the patient needed to be put on life support
What will be an ideal response?
Managing sepsis mainly involves reducing system-wide inflammation, regulating body temperature, stabilizing blood pressure, and increasing blood oxygen levels. If the sepsis case is caused by a nonviral pathogen, then intravenous antimicrobial drugs may also be administered. Patients with severe sepsis are often put on life support until they are fully stabilized and the condition starts to resolve. Life support care often includes intubation, mechanical ventilation, sedation, and analgesia (pain management/relief).
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