WSD News - GSA Awards, Events Brussels, Rusty Nail, Spanish Pocket Cards, more

Dear Friends, Colleagues, and Supporters, Welcome to World Sepsis Day News - the First One in 2019: As always, if you want to delve deeper into a particular topic, the link below the picture will take you directly to the article on our website. To stay up to date on our activities, please join us on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook, and visit the news section on our WSD homepage regularly.

2nd Annual Meeting of the European Sepsis Alliance in Brussels The 2nd Annual Meeting of the European Sepsis Alliance will be held on March 18th, 2019 in Brussels, Belgium.

Applications and Nominations for the 2019 GSA Awards Now Open Applications and nominations for the 2019 GSA Awards are now open. They are granted in three categories and come with $2500 prize money in category 2 and 3. Apply or nominate now...

Toolkits Ready for 2019 All toolkits available for download in our toolkit section are ready for 2019, with updated WSD logos for 2019, updated event material, and much more.

The Rusty Nail That Almost Killed Me Three years ago, Michael Porter went into coma and almost died. Now he is informing the public aboutthe danger of sepsis...

Invitation to the WSD Supporter Meeting on March 19th in Brussels, Belgium The next WSD Supporter Meeting will be held on March 19th, 2019 at the International Symposium of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine. If you are in Brussels in March, we encourage you to participate...

Spanish WSD Pocket Cards for Medical Professionals and Laypeople Are Now Available The new World Sepsis Day Pocket Cards for medical professionals and laypeople are now available in Spanish, covering sepsis in adults, pregnant women, children, and newborns...

Video: 5 Keys to Reducing Sepsis In the video, Dr. Ken Rothfield from the Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety emphasizes the need for early detection and treatment of sepsis and discusses 5 keys to reducing sepsis mortality...

2nd World Sepsis Congress: S14 to S17 Now on Apple Podcasts and YouTube All sessions and presentations from the 2nd WSC are now available on our YouTube Channel, Apple Podcasts, and the congress website. The following sessions were released between our last newsletter and this one (YouTube links): S14: Sepsis Is a Devastating Disease: Listen to the Survivors and Those Bereaved S15: Improving Awareness: National and Global Strategies S16: Enhancing Recovery from Sepsis S17: The Most Important Sepsis Research in 2017/2018 All sessions on Apple Podcasts (or search for World Sepsis Congress in your favorite podcast app) This concludes the 2nd WSC - all talks are now available. Stay tuned for the WSC Spotlight 2019 this September!

The Latest Studies: The Results of the Single Center Pilot Randomized Russian Clinical Trial of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in Severe Neutropenic Patients with Septic Shock Epidemiology and Costs of Sepsis in the United States–Analysis Based on Timing of Diagnosis and Severity Level Upcoming Events: Feb 17th - 20th: SCCM Annual Congress March 18th: 2nd Annual Meeting of the European Sepsis Alliance March 19th - 22th: 39th ISICEM, in Brussels March 19th: WSD Supporter Meeting

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