Improving early recognition and treatment of sepsis in paramedic services and emergency departments: a pan-Canadian mixed methods application of the Theoretical Domains Framework

The themes of this work confirm many of the issues known from previous publications, but also added key insights such as access block and recognition by the public. It also reinforces that raising awareness/more education is not a strong facilitator for physicians or nurses.The frontline perspective adds key insights that can improve sepsis care by overcoming key barriers and leveraging facilitators that have been highlighted as important in the complex healthcare implementation environment that is the ED.