September is Sepsis Awareness Month, and September 13th 2024, is World Sepsis Day, as it is every year. And as a sepsis survivor myself, I want to promote it as much as possible. So, people recognise the signs, and we can save as many lives as possible.
In 2018, I was lucky enough that the wonderful doctors and nurses at St Richards Hospital, Chichester, recognised the signs of sepsis and saved my life. I was in a coma and in intensive care for a month. And it was touch and go for a while. But I’m here now to tell the tale. It takes 5 minutes to learn the signs of sepsis, which are;
Slurred speech or confusion
Extreme shivering or muscle pain, fever
Passing no urine all day
Severe breathlessness
It feels like you’re going to die
Skin mottled or discolored
Learn The Signs
Please learn the signs. It’s really important as it could save a life. 1 in 5 people don’t know the signs. Don’t be that person. That’s why I’m promoting Sepsis Awareness Month to encourage as many people as possible to get Sepsis Savvy this September. I was lucky; let’s promote World Sepsis Day, learn the symptoms, and spread the word as much as possible so others can be as lucky as I was.
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