Blood Lactate Level for Pre-hospital Orientation of Septic Shock

In the pre-hospital setting, the severity assessment of septic shock is essential to decide the optimal initial in-hospital level of care. As clinical signs can be faulted, there is a need for an additional element in order to enhance the severity assessment and to decide in-hospital admission in the intensive care unit (ICU) or in the emergency department (ED). Point of care medical device yielding blood lactate levels since the pre-hospital setting may give an easy and valuable element for the severity assessment and the decision-making. The aim of this study is to provide clinical evidence that the pre-hospital blood lactate level predicts the 30-day mortality of patients with septic shock.