Andrews Cause - Sepsis Awareness

20/03/2026

This year we took Sepsis Advocacy to Canberra with our “Sepsis Super Bear” During Paediatric Sepsis week join us for a Teddy Bears picnic.

Why? More children pass every year of Sepsis than of road accidents or leukaemia. Globally, 20 million cases occur every year in children aged under 5. (Sepsis Australia, 2026) Yet only 20% of Australians can identify symptoms of Sepsis.

19/03/2026

Our friend from NZ designed these cards. Great resources that you can keep in your first aid box.
Just remember if you would like to use them in yours and you live in Australia ring 000.

13/03/2026

12/03/2026

10/03/2026

Paediatric Sepsis Series - "What can we learn from parents’ lived experience?" You are invited to join this virtual education brought to you by the Queensland Paediatric Sepsis Program (QPSP).

Childhood sepsis poses a significant mortality and morbidity burden worldwide, yet the experiences of families who have lived through a child’s sepsis journey are rarely reflected in research or clinical practice. “You’re listening but you’re not hearing”: qualitative exploration of parents’ lived experience of paediatric sepsis, addresses this gap by exploring how parents make sense of their experiences when their child is diagnosed with sepsis —including both those whose children survived sepsis, and those who are bereaved due to sepsis.

Tuesday, 17th of March, 1:30PM - 2:30PM (AEST), via Microsoft Teams. Free registration at:
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/paediatric-sepsis-series-what-can-we-learn-from-parents-lived-experience-tickets-1984351377387?aff=oddtdtcreator

Register and pre submit any questions you would like answered during the recorded session. You will then receive notification once the recording is available and you can watch also ‘on demand’ if unable to attend.

10/03/2026

There are 2 days left on our petition before it goes to the Parliamentary Committee. Please sign if you haven’t already and share with your friends and family to sign too. There are 84,000 reasons why.. Andrew is one of them.

05/03/2026

Blue Mountains family takes sepsis fight to Parliament House.

01/03/2026

does not discriminate. has some real risks.

27/02/2026

We have a lot of new members in our group. WELCOME!
Our trip to Canberra was a really positive experience. But our work has not ended. Our petition has still got 2 weeks to run, we currently have 330 signatures but we’d like more
Please sign and share, it only takes a minute. There are 84,000 reasons why…
Here are 2.
(Andrew and our grandbaby. Andrew passed, our grandbaby is now a happy, healthy, sassy 3 year old)

https://www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/petition/EN9354

20/02/2026

Our journey to Canberra may have finished however our work is not done.
We still need to get our asks inside the walls of Parliament. For that to be achieved we have to present it in the form of a petition.
There are 84,000 reasons why.

https://www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/petition/EN9354

Our petition has over 250 signatures! That’s amazing!
Please sign and share, it only takes a minute to do and you could be helping to stop another preventable death from sepsis.

18/02/2026

Chris, the Paralympic Rugby captain developed Sepsis. Although the article does not say so. Anyone, Any infection, Any time.