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Rory Staunton

Coping with Grief and Loss by Helping Others

By Emily Moriarty

Fall 2022

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How the parents of a young boy from Queens, New York, who died from sepsis, created a nationwide movement to address the issue. On Tuesday, March 27, 2012, twelve-year-old Rory Staunton cut his elbow on the floor of his school gymnasium diving for a basketball. The gym teacher did not clean the cut but rather applied band-aids. By Sunday, April 1, 2012, Rory died in the ICU … [Read more...] about Coping with Grief and Loss by Helping Others

Weekly Comment: Irish-run Sepsis Awareness PSA Goes Viral

By Áine Mc Manamon, Advertising and Editorial Assistant
September 30, 2016

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A new public service announcement campaign from the Rory Staunton Foundation for Sepsis Prevention, founded by one of Irish America’s 2016 Healthcare and Life Sciences 50 honorees, has gone viral. The new campaign called “Know the Signs of Sepsis,” is a series of videos featuring parents who have lost their children to sepsis. In each video, parents share their children’s final … [Read more...] about Weekly Comment: Irish-run Sepsis Awareness PSA Goes Viral

Ireland’s Commitment to Sepsis Awareness

By Matthew Skwiat, Contributing Editor
August / September 2015

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On July 2, Ciaran Staunton introduced the Rory Staunton Sepsis Video at the opening of the first National Irish Sepsis Summit held in Dublin, Ireland. The Rory Staunton Foundation was set up in 2013 by Orlaith and Ciaran Staunton in honor of their son. Rory died at age 12 after he contracted sepsis from a cut he received in gym class. In his remarks, Ciaran welcomed the … [Read more...] about Ireland’s Commitment to Sepsis Awareness

Turning Grief into Action: The Case of Rory Staunton

By Kelly Fincham, Contributor
August / September 2014

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The Staunton family suffered unbelievable loss when their 12-year-old son was mis-diagnosed and died from sepsis, an infection that could easily have been treated with antibiotics, but they have turned that loss into a medical and public awareness in a campaign that has already saved countless lives and achieved many milestones. Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for … [Read more...] about Turning Grief into Action: The Case of Rory Staunton

“Rory’s Regulations” Will Fight Sepsis in New York Hospitals

By Kelly Fincham, Contributor
August / September 2013

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New York has become the first state in the U.S. to mandate a series of protocols to diagnose and treat sepsis before it turns fatal. The protocols have been named “Rory’s Regulations” for 12-year-old Irish American Rory Staunton who died from an undiagnosed case of sepsis on April 1, 2012. Doctors failed to recognize that Rory was suffering from sepsis until it was too … [Read more...] about “Rory’s Regulations” Will Fight Sepsis in New York Hospitals