Symptoms and early warning signs
What to look for and when to escalate urgently.
Red flags
- Severe breathlessness, new confusion or extreme sleepiness, blue/grey skin or lips, collapse or seizures.
- Very fast breathing, very fast heart rate, or low blood pressure (dizziness/fainting) — especially with infection symptoms.
Common presentations
- Fever or chills; sometimes low temperature instead of fever in severe illness.
- Extreme weakness, reduced urine, severe pain, mottled skin, vomiting/diarrhoea with dehydration.
Action
- If you suspect sepsis, treat it as an emergency. Describe symptoms clearly and state “possible sepsis”.
- If you have Anonamed, ensure your allergies/medications/conditions are current so clinicians can treat faster and safer.
Sepsis‑ready Anonamed checklist
If sepsis is suspected, minutes matter. Keep these fields current so clinicians can treat fast and safely.
- Allergies — especially antibiotics (penicillins/cephalosporins), contrast, latex
- Current medications — anticoagulants, steroids, chemotherapy/biologics, insulin
- Immunocompromised status — transplant, HIV, neutropenia, long‑term steroids
- Asplenia / hyposplenia flag — “high risk of overwhelming infection”
- Major conditions — heart/lung/kidney/liver disease, diabetes, pregnancy/post‑partum
- Devices / recent procedures — lines, catheters, implants, recent surgery
- Baseline vitals where relevant (e.g., usual BP, oxygen, pulse)
- Emergency contacts and preferred hospital/doctor (if applicable)
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