Overview
Sepsis remains a leading cause of hospital mortality, yet timely lactate measurement, antibiotic administration, and fluid resuscitation continue to challenge SEP-1 bundle compliance. Join this session to learn how point-of-care lactate testing can accelerate decision-making, improve compliance, and support faster, more coordinated sepsis care.
Learning Objectives*
- Explain the clinical significance of lactate measurement in sepsis
- Implement evidence-based strategies for achieving SEP-1 bundle compliance
- Evaluate the operational and clinical benefits of point-of-care testing
- Apply interdisciplinary collaboration techniques to build high-reliability sepsis care teams
Who Should Attend?
POC coordinators, laboratory managers, respiratory therapists, emergency medicine clinicians, emergency department nurses, paramedics, and emergency medical services directors.
Speaker Information
Patti DeJuilio, MS, RRT-ACCS; RRT-NPS, FAAR
Director (Ret.) of Respiratory Care and Diagnostic Services at Northwestern Medicine, Central DuPage Hospital
Patti DeJuilio is the recently retired Director of Respiratory Care and Diagnostic Services at Northwestern Medicine, Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, IL. She has more than 40 years of experience in respiratory care, with extensive clinical and leadership experience.
Patti received a Master’s of Science degree in Respiratory Care from Rush University and is a Fellow of the American Association of Respiratory Care. She has published and presented her work on many topics, including hospital-acquired pneumonia reduction, early mobility, use of an open design oxygen mask, and improvements resulting from implementing point-of-care blood gas testing.