ABSTRACT
The deployment of the white plan in intensive care as part of the management of COVD-19 required a new organisation at every level of Raymond-Poincaré hospital in Garches. The closure of certain wards enabled equipment and staff to be pooled, and support services stepped up to the plate by reinventing themselves.
Subject(s)
COVID-19 , Pandemics , Critical Care , Humans , Intensive Care Units , Pandemics/prevention & control , SARS-CoV-2ABSTRACT
Septic shock, defined as the combination of sepsis, a requirement for catecholamines to maintain systolic blood pressure above 65 mmHg and a serum lactate level above 2 mmol/L despite adequate volume resuscitation is a life-threatening condition. The Quick Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA), which can be used by all nurses with a high-risk patient presenting with infection, enables the patient to be transferred rapidly to specialist care units.