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Microbiology · Chapter 15
Sepsis & Meningitis: Read the Red Flags
When infection reaches the
blood
or the
brain and cord
, minutes count. Set the vital signs yourself and watch the score, the verdict, and the odds move. Then slide the clock and see what every hour of waiting costs.
What you would see
The signs on the body
Urgency
—
The clock
live model
Odds against hours of delay
Hours to antibiotics
1 h
Sepsis
bloodstream
Meningitis
brain and cord
Two emergencies
choose sepsis or meningitis
qSOFA score
0
Verdict
—
Odds of dying
0%
Set the vital signs
How alert
alert
Breaths a minute
16
Top blood pressure
124
Temperature
37.0
Heart beats a minute
78
Urine out
1.2
No fluids yet
Fluids already run in