Open AccessSevere Sepsis, Social Media and the #Sepsis 6: ‘Tweeting’ National Innovations
Author(s) -
Luke McMenamin,
Nick Murch,
Ron Daniels
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
acute medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.14
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1747-4892
pISSN - 1747-4884
DOI - 10.52964/amja.0292
Subject(s) - sepsis , medicine , surviving sepsis campaign , septic shock , social media , intensive care medicine , shock (circulatory) , severe sepsis , political science , law
The Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) was launched in 2002 with guidelines created to help manage severe sepsis and septic shock. In response to poor compliance with the SSC guidelines in the UK, the ‘Sepsis 6’ model of delivery was created. We report some of the innovative methods hospitals from around the UK are using to help deliver the ‘Sepsis 6’ care bundle. The use of social media, such as Twitter, for disseminating these innovations is also explored.