Paediatric Sepsis Education Package
Most children with sepsis in Queensland present to clinicians without specialised paediatric experience and in a recent review of serious adverse clinical incidents in children with sepsis, knowledge-based and cognitive errors were a large contributor to poor sepsis management.
To address these challenges clinicians in Queensland asked the QPSP to provide accessible, multi-modal paediatric-specific sepsis education. The Paediatric Sepsis Education Package has been developed to target geographically wide-spread healthcare settings and is aimed at varied clinician expertise and disciplines.
Access the elements of the Paediatric Sepsis Education package below:
- Paediatric Sepsis Education Framework
- Paediatric Sepsis online learning modules
If you are a nurse or medical officer caring for acutely unwell children and- are a CHQ employee go to TEACHQ | Paediatric Sepsis online learning course
- are an employee in another Queensland Health facility go to iLearn | Paediatric Sepsis online learning course
- work outside of Queensland Health go to iLearn External | Paediatric Sepsis online learning course
- Paediatric Sepsis Education Catalogue
- How to use the Paediatric Sepsis Education Catalogue
- Paediatric Sepsis Education Package Video Demo
Courses and lectures
- Best Sepsis Care for Our Kids – A National Forum for Paediatric Sepsis Week 2026
- Best Sepsis Care for Our Kids - A National Forum for Paediatric Sepsis Week 2025
- Best Sepsis Care for our Kids - A National Forum for Paediatric Sepsis Week 2023
- Antimicrobial e-learning webinars and courses
- Best Sepsis Care for our Kids - A National forum for Paediatric Sepsis Week 2024
The Optimus paediatric emergency care courses also have sepsis training modules including the Optimus BONUS sepsis simulation package that you can use to train your staff.
Webinars
- Paediatric Sepsis Series - What can we learn from parents
- Paediatric Sepsis Series - The Febrile Infant
- Paediatric Sepsis Series - Acute Rheumatic Fever
- Paediatric Sepsis Series - Management of Neutropenic Fever in Children
- Paediatric Sepsis Series - Post Sepsis Model of Care
- Paediatric Sepsis Series - Fluid management in the child with sepsis
- Paediatric Sepsis Series – Data and Metrics
- Paediatric Sepsis Series – Sepsis Clinical Care Standard
- Paediatric Sepsis Series – Family Support and Stories
- Paediatric Sepsis Series – Implementation Toolkit
- Paediatric Sepsis Series – Barriers and Solutions
- Paediatric Sepsis Series – Revised Pathway Launch Part 1
- Paediatric Sepsis Series – Revised Pathway Launch Part 2
- Paediatric Sepsis Series – Revised Pathway Launch Part 3 Q&A
- Paediatric Sepsis Series – Retrieval of the child with sepsis (co-presentation with CHQRS)
- Paediatric Sepsis Series – Antimicrobial Optimisation in Paediatric Sepsis
- Paediatric Sepsis Series – Sepsis Care pre-hospital to the ED with QAS
- Paediatric Sepsis Series – Sepsis Care: The Family’s Perspective
- Paediatric Sepsis Series - Sepsis in a low resource setting with PNG
- Paediatric Sepsis Series - Sepsis Mortality in Queensland Children
- Paediatric Sepsis Series - Suspecting Sepsis on the Ward
- Paediatric Sepsis Series - Readmissions after sepsis
Pathway education
Paediatric Sepsis Pathway education and case studies
Digital sites
Videos
Reference Guides and other materials
Non-Digital sites
Videos
Posters
- Paediatric Sepsis Pathway – Screening and Recognition Tool Explained
- Paediatric Sepsis Pathway – Management Plan Explained
Clinical education videos
- Could this be SEPSIS?
- How to take a blood culture in a child with sepsis or septic shock
- How to obtain a lactate in a child with sepsis or septic shock
- How to prepare and administer IV/IO antibiotics for a child with sepsis or septic shock
- How to prepare and administer a fluid bolus to a child with sepsis or septic shock
- How to prepare Adrenaline Infusion