The Role of Perceived Urgency and Barriers in Using Emergency Medical Care for Sepsis: A German-Wide, Representative Survey Using Case Vignettes
Compared with nonsepsis emergencies, sepsis-related emergencies are perceived as less urgent and less often lead to EMC use, even if the level of perceived urgency is the same. As the perceived urgency is associated with sepsis knowledge, this underlines the need to increase efforts to improve sepsis knowledge and the awareness that sepsis requires timely emergency care in the general public.
Authors
- Sebastian Born (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5803-7963)
- Daniel Schwarzkopf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1568-8202)
- Carolin Fleischmann-Struzek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1104-3191)
- Wiltrud Abels (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5413-049X)
- Silke Piedmont (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0516-6758)
- Mathias Wilhelm Pletz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8157-2753)
- Norman Rose (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-205X)
- Konrad Reinhart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8012-6548)
Institutions
- Jena University Hospital (DE)
- Franklin University (US)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Critical Care Medicine
- Published
- 2025-12-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/ccm.0000000000006967
- Primary Topic
- Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Bundesministerium für Gesundheit
- Universitätsklinikum Jena
- InflaRx