Pathophysiology · Module 4 · Sepsis, shock, pain and wound healing

Sepsis and Shock Walkthrough

What shock is, the four kinds of shock, sepsis, fever, pain and wound healing, one animated step at a time. Go at your own pace. Nothing here is graded.

Speed

Think of it like this

Quick check

Wrong answers are fine here. Read why, then try again.

Dr. Akash Garg · Pathophysiology Study Tools · Diagrams are simplified and not to scale. For learning only, not medical advice. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 · Use the left and right arrow keys to move between steps. Practice next in the Sepsis and Shock Case Lab.
Simplifications: blood is drawn red with oxygen-poor blood in blue only as a label; organs, nerves and cells are original simplified drawings; timelines are sped up; numbers are rounded teaching values for a resting adult, and real patients can show more than one type of shock at once.