On World Sepsis Day 2021, join sepsis survivors and health care providers as they discuss the long-term impacts of sepsis and the services and support needed by sepsis patients during discharge and the post-discharge period. This online discussion will center on what patients wish they had been told while in-hospital to prepare them for life after discharge, what are the barriers that limit clinicians from effectively supporting patients with post-sepsis syndrome, and how this varies across different demographics.

Panelists: 

Kristin MacDonald, MSc – Kristin is a sepsis survivor working with the Action On Sepsis Patient Advisory Council to improve recognition of sepsis and post-sepsis syndrome, and is the Managing Editor at ‘Applied Spectroscopy’, an international chemistry journal.

Clare Komugisha, RN, MPH – Clare is a nurse and researcher supervisor, currently working with a team from Canada and Uganda to implement an innovative program for improving post-discharge care for children treated for sepsis in resource-limited settings.

Jaclyn Robinson, BSc, RN – Jaclyn is a public health nurse with over 15 years experience within the Provincial Health Service Authority and Vancouver Coastal Health. She is a recent COVID 19 survivor and current Clinical Nurse Specialist for the provincial Post-COVID-19 Interdisciplinary Clinical Care Network.

John Boyd, MD – John is an investigator at the Centre for Heart+Lung Innovation (HLI) and Intensivist at St Paul’s Hospital ICU, where he is currently establishing the first Sepsis Survivorship Clinic at St Paul’s Hospital.