Question

A 59-year-old woman with suspected sepsis from a urinary source presents shocked and tachypnoeic in the emergency department. Her NEWS2 score is 8. Which of the following is NOT one of the recommended Sepsis Six actions to be completed within 1 hour?

Accepted Answer

Start prophylactic low molecular weight heparin

Answer

Administer oxygen to maintain saturations

Answer

Obtain blood cultures

Answer

Start IV broad-spectrum antibiotics

Answer

Measure serum lactate and haemoglobin

Practice question

A 59-year-old woman with suspected sepsis from a urinary source presents shocked and tachypnoeic in the emergency department. Her NEWS2 score is 8. Which of the following is NOT one of the recommended Sepsis Six actions to be completed within 1 hour?