Sepsis

Sepsis and infection are the same thing

• True
• False

Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that begins with an infection anywhere in the body.

• True
• False

The stages of sepsis are...

• Infection, overwhelming immune response, organ dysfunction & septic shock
• infection and death
• There are no stages of sepsis

Some of the signs of sepsis are:

• confusion, dizziness, high heart rate, low blood pressure
• Feeling healthier than normal
• bursts of energy
• Extreme happiness

Sepsis can be prevented by: never eating take-out

• True
• False

Sepsis occurs when the body's immune response not only attacks germs but the body's tissues and organs as well.

• True
• False

Who is at risk of developing sepsis?

• children, the elderly, immunocompromised people, cancer patients
• only the elderly
• nobody
• anyone born after 1989

Sepsis is a serious world health problem making up how much of all ICU admissions worldwide?

• about 1%
• about 10%
• about 40%
• about 90%

Sepsis appears differently in everybody

• True
• False

Signs and symptoms of sepsis can come on very fast or slowly

• True
• False