In Memory Of...

It seems like yesterday that our healthy 23 year-old daughter, Erin, entered the hospital for elective surgery. Five days later she was gone. A victim of Sepsis.

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Sepsis is the 3rd leading killer in America*

Experts believe it will prove to be #1 in the world. Often associated with disease, trauma or post-surgical complications, Sepsis can be triggered by a nicked cuticle or a skinned knee. All ages are vulnerable. Seniors more so. American ICUs spend $20 Billion a year fighting Sepsis. Someone dies every 2½ minutes.

The Sepsis Alliance is a 501(c)(3) public charity dedicated to the deployment of a global system supporting education, early recognition, effective management, and ultimately, a cure for sepsis.

*Angus, Linde-Zwirble: Epidemiology of severe sepsis in the United States: Analysis of incidence, outcome, and associated costs of care.
HOTLINK Crit Care Med 2001 Vol.29, No.7 p 1303

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