Amanda is the State-wide Paediatric Sepsis Clinical Nurse Consultant and co-ordinator of a paediatric sepsis RCT investigating fluid resuscitation. Amanda is the paediatric nursing representative on the Queensland Sepsis Steering Committee and Global Sepsis Alliance Advanced Paediatric and Nursing platform member. Amanda’s PhD investigated recognition and management of paediatric sepsis in the ED. Her current role has her involved in the development, implementation, education and evaluation of a state-wide paediatric sepsis pathway in Emergency Departments (ED) and inpatient units throughout QLD. Amanda is passionate about sepsis recognition and management and the roles nurses' play. She has been involved in and instigated a number of research projects and is the recipient of multiple research grants.