WIHI - A Podcast from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Date: January 24, 2013​ Featuring: John D’Angelo, MD, FACEP, Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine, Glen Cove Hospital, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System Martin E. Doerfler, MD, Vice President, Evidence Based Clinical Practice, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System Darlene Parmentier, RN, MSN, MBA, Assistant Director of Critial Care and Telemetry, Glen Cove Hospital, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System Andrea Kabcenell, RN, MPH, Vice President, Institute for Healthcare Improvement Diane Jacobsen, MPH, CPHQ, Director, Institute for Healthcare Improvement Developing an infection can be complicated enough, but when the body's immune system reacts by going into overdrive in the form of sepsis, every second counts. The diagnosis needs to be swift and, if sepsis is confirmed, interventions in the form of fluids and antibiotics must be administered immediately. Because the global death rate from sepsis remains painfully high — tens of millions each year — stepped-up efforts t