Sepsis-what they ought to tell you

Physical therapists get trained in how disease and disease treatment is supposed to work. There is no exhaustive study of how things go wrong, then novice therapists get into the work place and they get consulted on every medical muck-up, missed diagnosis or just tough case.

Sepsis is the unhappy outcome of many diseases, disasters, hospital stays and just bad luck. While a physical therapist can get away without knowing all the biochemistry behind this process; they should know and recognize the clinical signs and symptoms.

This is a video of how things go bad, it was made by the medical and nursing geniuses I work with.



So if you you couldn't get it all from the first video, this guy really breaks it down well to the molecules; if not the atoms.



So now that you're an expert, what should a physical therapist do if based on the signs and symptoms you observe the patient is at risk for sepsis? Run and tell a doctor or a nurse.