The burden and prognostic significance of suspected sepsis in the prehospital setting: A state-wide population-based cohort study.

Objective: Despite high in-hospital mortality, the epidemiology of prehospital suspected sepsis presentations is not well described. This retrospective cohort study aimed to quantify the burden of such presentations, and to determine whether such a diagnosis was independently associated with longer-term mortality.

Methods: Retrospective, observational population-based cohort study examining all adult prehospital presentations in Victoria, between January 2015 and June 2019, who required subsequent in-hospital assessment.

Characteristics of paediatric pre-hospital intubation by Intensive Care Paramedics.

Objectives: Emergency intubation in children is an infrequent procedure both in the pre-hospital and hospital setting. The anatomical, physiological and situational challenges together with limited clinician exposure can make this a difficult procedure with high risk of adverse events. The aim of this collaborative study between a state-wide ambulance service and a tertiary children's hospital was to describe the characteristics of pre-hospital paediatric intubations by Intensive Care Paramedics.

Can pre-hospital administration reduce time to initial antibiotic therapy in septic patients?

Objective: To quantify the potential time saved with pre-hospital antibiotic therapy in sepsis.

Methods: Study data for adult patients transported by Ambulance Victoria (AV), and enrolled into the Australasian Resuscitation In Sepsis Evaluation (ARISE), were linked with pre-hospital electronic records.

Results: An AV record was identified for 240 of 341 ARISE patients.