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Showing Up for Sepsis: Dr. Amy Campbell Speaks at UN General Assembly Week

By Michael W. Wong, JD (Executive Director, Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety)

Dr. Amy Campbell Speaks in Support of the 2030 Global Sepsis Agenda

Amy Campbell, Ph.D., RN, CPHQ, LSBB (Quality Nurse Specialist, ECU Health) is always showing up for sepsis!

When I mentioned to Dr. Campbell, who is also the chair of our Sepsis Advisory Board, that the Global Sepsis Alliance had invited me to speak at the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, I was not thinking that she would come and speak at the event. Well, perhaps I was hoping she would, but the distance between North Carolina and Manhattan is more than 500 miles (entailing more than a 9-hour drive or an almost 2-hour flight). 

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Who needs to wear an SCD and How long Should SCDs Be Worn?: An Interview with Dr. Amy Campbell on Preventing Blood Clot

By Michael Wong, JD (Founder & Executive Director, Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety)

CDC estimates that almost one million Americans suffer from venous thromboembolism (VTE), also known as blood clots. VTE is a term that is comprised of two medical conditions deep vein thrombosis (DVT), which is a blood clot in one or more of the deep veins in the body, usually in the legs, and pulmonary embolism (PE), which is a blood clot in a pulmonary artery in the lungs. 

According to the CDC:

  • As many as 100,000 people die of blood clots each year.
  • PE is a leading cause of death in a woman during pregnancy or just after having a baby.
  • Blood clots are a leading cause of death in people with cancer after cancer itself.

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