Online course · In development
Sepsis Recognition and Early Escalation
10 modules and 10 lessons, with an assessment and a certificate of completion.
- For
- LPN learners
- Length
- Approximately two hours
- Format
- 10 modules, 10 lessons
- Level
- LPN
- Includes
- Assessment and certificate
- Access
- Free with a Delta Tutor account when available
Who this course is for
- For LPN learners
Every lesson is scoped to the LPN level: the terminology, the medications and the clinical actions it teaches are the ones those levels use.
What you will be able to do
The outcomes are written with the course.
Curriculum
10 modules and 10 lessons, approximately two hours in all. Open a module to see its lessons.
Lesson times are recorded when each lesson is written and validated with learners.
Orientation, scope and what this course is1 lessonReadingLocked
- What this course is, and what it is notReadingLocked
Sepsis-3 in plain words1 lessonReadingLocked
- Sepsis, organ dysfunction and septic shockReadingLocked
Who is at higher risk, and how sepsis presents1 lessonReadingLocked
- The patients and the picturesReadingLocked
Screening tools: qSOFA, early warning scores and their limits1 lessonReadingLocked
- What the scores catch, and what they missReadingLocked
Recognizing septic shock, and what lactate adds1 lessonReadingLocked
- When the circulation starts to failReadingLocked
Escalating: what to report and to whom1 lessonReadingLocked
- A report that gets a responseReadingLocked
The first hour: what the team does1 lessonReadingLocked
- The first-hour priorities, per your organization's policy and ordersReadingLocked
Handover and reassessment1 lessonReadingLocked
- Keeping the thread through a change of handsReadingLocked
Applied cases1 lessonReadingLocked
- CasesReadingLocked
Summative assessment1 lessonFinal assessmentLocked
- Summative assessmentFinal assessmentLocked
Instructor
Jarrett
Advanced Care Paramedic · CRC Instructor Trainer · Owner
Jarrett is an Advanced Care Paramedic and a Canadian Red Cross Instructor Trainer, and teaches Delta's classroom courses in Calgary and Leduc. This course is written from that classroom and from the road.
A named clinician reviews and approves every course before publication. For this course, that is Jarrett.
Assessment
The course ends with a final assessment. You see your score by topic and read an explanation for every answer, and you can retake it. Passing it completes the course.
Certificate and continuing education
- The course on your certificate
- Sepsis Recognition and Early Escalation
- What the certificate confirms
- That you completed this online Delta Tutor course and passed its assessment. It is not a Canadian Red Cross certificate.
- How it is verified
- Every certificate carries a unique verification number that anyone can check on our verify page.
Questions
- When does it open?
- After the lessons are written and a clinician has approved them. The status at the top of this page is the true one.
- How do I get it?
- Free with a Delta Tutor account when available.
- Do I need an account?
- To take a course, yes, so your progress and certificate stay with you. The free tools and practice tests do not need one.