 November 6, 2022 'Resulting in an A&E visit, a week in hospital and a couple more weeks of tablets and rest. 'If you suspect sepsis, don't hesitate to get help. I should've acted sooner.' She told BBC Radio Scotland's Drivetime programme: '[Miss Bradley] spoke through all of the symptoms and what to look out for and what to remember and when to get help and I did not remember them well enough.' McMullan then confided in a colleague and stressed that something was 'really not right.' 'Then I started physically shaking and all the colour drained from my face,' she added. 'My lips were turning blue. My hands were chalk white, like you had been standing outside in winter for hours. 'There was no colour in my skin. There was no heat in my body. It was uncontrolled shivering and shaking.' At the time McMull){kind=link}
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BBC Scotland journalist Sarah McMullan explained how she didn’t spot her own sepsis despite addressing awareness with a sepsis survivor on TV.
The 30-year-old was left feeling ‘very unwell and waited more than 36 hours to ring the NHS.
Sepsis is a life-threatening response to infection that can lead to tissue damage, and organ failure.