This week is hypoawareness week. Know the signs and symptoms of hypoglycaemia. Neuroglycopaenia can be mistaken for a stroke. Hypoglycaemia should be treated promptly. East Kent Hospitals EKHUFT Outreach @EKHUFTsos Pharmacy@EKHUFT 💙 @Fallsstop EKHUFT Hubs East Kent Critical Care

What a successful visit today East Kent Critical Care (QEQM). Thank you @kevin_fong and Ruth May @CNOEngland for coming! #WeAreTheNHS #staffwellbeing #inspirational #Covid19UK #teamCNO

An amazing opportunity to join the Critical Care Outreach Team in QEQM, Margate for EKHUFT. This team is expanding and aligns to the deteriorating patient workstream.

EKHUFT ‘Best implementation of ReSPECT’ conference today. representatives from all specialties attended and vowed to champion the process in their clinical areas for our launch date on 25th November. We look forward to welcoming our second cohort tomorrow! #ReSPECT East Kent Hospitals

We are off to a great start this morning for EKHUFT ‘Best Practice for ReSPECT implementation’ conference. East Kent Hospitals

As our ‘Best Practice for ReSPECT implementation’ conference continues, we have heard from ICU consultant Dr Neil Richardson and Pallative Care Consultant Dr Becky Bright #ReSPECT ⁦East Kent Hospitals⁩

As we draw to an end of our ‘Best implementation of ReSPECT’ conferences at EKHUFT, we would like to say thank you to Clare Fuller RGN MSc for your amazing presentations over the last two days. Such an amount of Knowledge shared. A pleasure working with you!

The NEWS2 tool helps nurses to recognise and respond if a patient’s clinical status is deteriorating. Find out how it works in practice from scoring each parameter to how it informs clinical decision-making. rcni.com/nursing-standa…

EKHUFT Critical Care Conference is underway today at Kent university. We are very lucky to have @TriNetX team discussing the importance of analytics and its use within critical care East Kent Hospitals Critical Care Ashford

EKHUFT very own QEQM ICU consultant Dr Moustafa Shebl Zahra presenting the benefit of using NeuroPOCUS within critical care East Kent Hospitals Critical Care Ashford

Feeling very proud of Steve Jenner, Critical Care Outreach Team Matron for the WHH presenting at the Critical Care Conference this morning, ‘the implementation of the Call for Concern service’ East Kent Hospitals to align with Martha’s Rule.

EKHUFT Outreach Steve Jenner Summing up the importance of why Call for Concern can make a real difference to the safety of our patients and remembering Martha Mills on this journey. East Kent Hospitals

Our ICU consultants, Dr Melvyn Welsh talking about the 1300 wishes provided to our critical care patients in East Kent Hospitals from the ‘3 wishes project’. This is a great demonstration of the compassion and care provided to our patients within our critical care units. Critical Care Ashford

Very interesting presentation from Dr Sam Clark of UCLH at our East Kent Hospitals Critical Care Conference using case studies of identifying and treatment of Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) and the importance of early escalation of deterioration in patients at risk.

🚨 World Sepsis Day at EKHUFT THINK Sepsis – Act Fast! ⏱️ 💡 Today’s focus = Time! • Give antibiotics early if sepsis is suspected • Review antimicrobials daily – think stewardship! • Discuss with microbiology for best practice Complete your Sepsis Screen within 1 hour

📣 World Sepsis Day at EKHUFT 💡 THINK Sepsis focus today: H = High Risk 👶 Young 🧬 Immunocompromised 👵 Older adults with comorbidities ⚠️ Spot RED FLAGS 🚩 & screen early! ✨ CCOT are raising awareness across the trust today. #WorldSepsisDay #THINKSepsis #EKHUFT

📣 World Sepsis Day (Day 3) at EKHUFT 💡 THINK Sepsis: I = Identification Know the signs: 🧠 Slurred speech/confusion 🥶 Extreme shivering 🚫 No urine 😮‍💨 Severe breathlessness ⚡ “I might die” feeling 🩸 Mottled/discoloured skin East Kent Hospitals Dr. Ron Daniels BEM World Sepsis Day

🌍 World Sepsis Day (Day 4) East Kent Hospitals Today’s focus of THINK Sepsis: N = NEWS2 ⚠️ Rising scores = screen for sepsis 👀 RR >20 ❤️ HR >90 ⬇️ SBP <90 🌡️ Temp <36°C or >38°C 🫁 SpO₂ <94% / ↑ O₂ Recognising sepsis early saves lives