Andrews Cause - Sepsis Awareness

09/11/2026

04/11/2026

03/11/2026

🚀 TOMORROW WE START: The Grand Australia Loop for Sepsis Awareness! 🇦🇺👣
The countdown is officially over. Tomorrow morning, our community takes its very first steps on a massive 14,500-kilometre virtual journey all the way around Highway 1 to put sepsis awareness on the map!
We are officially kicking off our journey right here from Sydney! Every single step you send through starting tomorrow will move our collective marker forward—looping up through Brisbane and Cairns, across the Top End, down to Perth, and all the way around the continent until we reach our ultimate finish line in Canberra.
Sepsis is a time-critical medical emergency that impacts thousands of lives in Australia every year. By walking together, we are raising vital funds and spreading the life-saving knowledge needed to spot the signs early.

👟 How to get ready for Day 1:

1. Make sure your device is charged and ready to go.
2. Log Every Step: Whether you are walking the dog, pacing around the office, or hitting the trail—every single step counts toward our massive 17 million+ step goal!
Tomorrow morning, the journey begins right here in Sydney. Let's lace up, step up, and save lives!

31/10/2026

🚨 SEPSIS: KNOW THE SIGNS. ACT FAST. SAVE LIVES.

Sepsis is a life-threatening reaction to an infection that can develop rapidly. It can affect anyone, at any age, and recognising the warning signs early is vital.

Do you know what to look out for?

Signs of sepsis can include:
🔴 High or low temperature, or feeling unusually cold
🔴 A fast heartbeat
🔴 Fast or difficult breathing
🔴 New confusion or unusual drowsiness
🔴 Mottled, pale or discoloured skin
🔴 Severe pain or feeling extremely unwell

Sepsis can be difficult to recognise, and symptoms may not always be the same from person to person.

❤️ Trust your instincts. If you or someone you care for is seriously unwell and you suspect sepsis, seek urgent medical attention. In Ireland, call 112 or 999 in an emergency.

Early recognition and prompt treatment can save lives.

Ask the question: Could this be sepsis?

Please share this post to help raise awareness and ensure more people know the signs. One conversation could make a difference.

25/10/2026

The night before last I woke at silly o’clock and thought wouldn’t it be lovely if we started the virtual walk on the anniversary of when we met 42 years ago.
That gives us 3 months to virtually reach Canberra in time for Sepsis Survivors Week 2027.
So I guess that means we need to get cracking.
How can you help? Join us! You can walk, run, walk the dog, walk on a treadmill or take the kids for a walk.
To register simply send us a message on Mandate Sepsis Protocols Australia (on Facebook) to let us know you’d like to walk. Send me your total steps per week and I will do the rest.

First leg of our walk is Sydney to Brisbane.

Together we walk for Survivors, for the Bereaved and for everyone Touched by Sepsis.

22/10/2026

Who’s going to join us for our Team Virtual Walk around Australia? Starting in Sydney and ending in Canberra via Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin, Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne and into Canberra in time for Sepsis Survivor week 2027.

Just track your steps and we’ll add them together to lap around Australia!

If you would like to join us please send me a message on Mandates Sepsis Protocols Australia. Everyone is welcome regardless of fitness level. It all adds up.

Walking for Survivors, Walking for the bereaved and everyone who has been touched by Sepsis.

20/10/2026

11/10/2026

5 signatures are still needed! Mandate Sepsis Protocols in all Australian hospitals

30/09/2026

Sepsis September is at an end. But it’s not the end of our journey to raise awareness.

Sepsis robbed me of my love, it robbed my children of their Dad and our grandbabies of their Pa.
It kills me that we will never see him with the shirt that he always wore or his pin stripe suit. To hear him or listen to his laugh, I’d love to hear his dad jokes, his endless history lessons again. (If you know you know.)
I didn’t just lose my love, I lost our plans for the future. I lost my rock.
That’s why I continue to campaign for sepsis awareness and education for everyone.
In most cases Sepsis deaths can be preventable with rapid recognition and treatment.
Don’t wait ‘til it’s too late.