Dr. Susan Roberts: Eyes of Sepsis: A National Campaign for Early Sepsis Recognition
Dr. Susan Roberts: Eyes of Sepsis: A National Campaign for Early Sepsis Recognition
The Foundation supports education, awareness, innovation, and clinical approaches that strengthen what happens between recognizing that something has changed and determining what happens next.
Grounded in hands-on clinical observation and vigilance.
Transforming early warnings into timely bedside reassessments.
Educational, research, and awareness mission.
Technology is presented only as one possible source of an early warning signal. The central story is the interaction between technology, human observation, clinical judgment, action, reassessment, and trajectory.
The future of sepsis recognition will include both human observation and emerging technology.
Digital clinical tools may help identify patterns of deterioration and prompt healthcare teams to take another look.
But identifying risk is not the same as completing the response.
The Eyes of Sepsis Foundation, Inc. supports education and innovation that strengthen what happens between recognition and reassessment.
Our focus is not simply whether an alert appears.
Our focus is whether people:
A disciplined clinical thought-and-action framework mapping the complete journey from initial recognition to definitive trajectory decision.
Concern may begin with the patient, family, clinician, vital signs, laboratory findings, EHR data, or emerging digital technology.
Pause before allowing a familiar explanation to close the clinical picture prematurely.
Recognition must move toward timely communication, evaluation, intervention, and appropriate escalation.
Is the patient improving?
Is the trajectory changing?
Is something being missed?
Continue.
Escalate.
Redirect.
Reconsider the diagnosis.
Address the source.