Paediatric Sepsis Week 2025 — Free training, education and resources for clinicians, children and families
Sepsis remains a medical emergency and is a leading cause of preventable death and disability in Queensland children.
With many of its symptoms appearing similar to mild infections, especially in the early stages, sepsis can be difficult to diagnose in children and infants. For this reason, health professionals play a pivotal role in the early recognition and treatment of children with sepsis or septic shock.
Paediatric Sepsis Week 2025, from April 21 to 27, acts as a reminder that clinical tools, education, training and resources are available to help clinicians screen, recognise and treat sepsis using best practice guidelines.
Free sepsis information and support for health professionals
Refreshing your clinical knowledge of sepsis to recognise and consider it in its early stages can greatly improve the health and wellbeing outcomes for children, young people and their families.
The sepsis information for health professionals webpage from Children's Health Queensland provides health professionals with:
a paediatric sepsis pathway to help with the screening, recognition and treatment of sepsis
a paediatric sepsis pathway toolkit
clinical education and training resources
information sheets and promotional resources designed to help raise sepsis awareness and understanding with patients.
Free sepsis information for multicultural communities
To improve access to health information for culturally and linguistically diverse communities living in the region, the Queensland Paediatric Sepsis Program have translated resources for parents and carers into:
Burmese
Chinese (simplified)
Dari
Farsi
Japanese
Korean
Kurdish
Swahili
Ukranian
Vietnamese.
Health professionals and practice staff are encouraged to explore and share these translated resources as appropriate with the culturally and linguistically diverse families that visit your practice:
Signs of sepsis animation video which explains what sepsis is and when to seek medical help
Signs of sepsis postcard which explains the signs and symptoms of sepsis in a simple infographic
Paediatric sepsis checklist which is a safety netting tool for parents and carers of a child with any infection.
Other helpful links
Visit Queensland Health’s sepsis webpage for resources to help health professionals recognise and treat sepsis in adults.
Visit the Australian Sepsis Network’s webpage for health professionals.