Category: Sepsis
The Need for Sepsis Awareness: A Survivor’s Perspective
Guest Author: Dana Mirman In December 2011, a lack of awareness of sepsis – a disease responsible for more American deaths each year than breast cancer, prostate cancer, and AIDS combined – nearly cost me my life. It all began with a little bump on my shoulder one afternoon. When it all began, I did Read More >
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A Mother’s Account: “If We Had Known About Sepsis, We Would Have Looked for Sepsis”
Guest Author: Orlaith Staunton Co-Founder of END SEPSIS, the Legacy of Rory Staunton Our son Rory Staunton, 12 years old, died on Sunday, April 01, 2012 from undiagnosed sepsis. A few days earlier Rory fell playing basketball and scraped his arm. Rory began to feel ill just past midnight a day and a half after the fall. Read More >
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