Amanda Davies
TEAM SEPSIS@UHNM walks 17miles to promote Sepsis Awareness in Staffordshire
Fundraising for University Hospitals of North Midlands Charity
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Amanda, Haidee and Ram are walking 17 miles from Royal Stoke Hospital to County Hospital at Stafford to create awareness to the Staffordshire Community on sepsis prevention.
Team Sepsis @ Royal Stoke University Hospital is committed to prevent sepsis and saving lives. As a part of their mission, members of the Team Sepsis@UHNM would set this walk as the start of the campaign to educate the impact of sepsis to wider community and public including schools, colleges and care homes. This is just the beginning ….
Sepsis is a life-threatening condition and a medical emergency. It is caused by the body’s abnormal response to an infection. Normally, our own immune system will protect us from an infection. However, in sepsis the body’s immune system goes into overdrive and has an extreme response to an infection.
Sepsis develops when the blood is
poisoned with some nasty chemicals released by the infecting agent. Such
chemicals can affect the vital organs such as heart, lung, kidney and brain.
This can result in the organs not functioning properly, which if not identified
and treated early, can lead to death.
Each year in the UK, it is estimated
that more than 200,000 people are admitted to hospital with sepsis and around
48,500 people will die as a result of the condition.
As Sepsis is a medical emergency, not
dissimilar to a stroke or a heart attack, it is important for everybody in the community to recognise sepsis and if appropriate to seek medical advice. To reduce the impact of sepsis to patients, both short and long term, it is important to create a wider engagement and understanding. Therefore, the sepsis team at UHNM are trying to increase public awareness of the life-threatening condition.
So please do join us on Saturday 10th September, to fight
sepsis together, the more the better, everyone is welcome! Or please donate to help raise funds to support awareness of Sepsis and It's importance.
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