🎯Three Content Types · One Force Field
Every square belongs to one of three content types — not three levels you climb. Track progress in your Course and Skills Lab.
📘 Learn It Content type
Concepts to absorb.
🛠 Live It Content type
Daily skills and habits.
📣 Share It Content type
Teach, advocate, carry forward.
🛡️Your Force Field — 16 Squares
Deeper detail lives in the Prepared Patient Sepsis (Survivor) course.
What Sepsis Was
Life-threatening response to infection — organs shutting down. You survived it.
Learn ItWhy You're Higher Risk
Immune system + organs marked by the event. Re-infection moves fast.
Learn ItSpot the Red Flags
Fever + weakness + confusion = 911. Sepsis = time-critical.
Learn ItTriggers for Re-infection
UTIs, pneumonia, skin wounds, dental — any infection.
Learn ItPost-Sepsis Syndrome
Fatigue, brain fog, depression, PTSD, weakness. Real and treatable.
Learn ItSuppressive Meds
Some survivors stay on long-term antibiotics. Adhere.
Live ItInfection Vigilance
Watch wounds, UTI symptoms, dental, anything unusual.
Live ItRehab
PT for strength. OT for daily function. Cognitive rehab if needed.
Live ItVaccines
Flu, pneumococcal, COVID, RSV — keep current.
Live ItMake Every Visit Count
Bring symptom log, fatigue trends, mood, any infections.
Live ItYour Care Team
PCP, ID if suppressive, PT, OT, psychiatry, peer support.
Live ItSepsis Alliance Apps
Sepsis Alliance has patient resources.
Live ItInsurance & Cost
Most coverage available. Disability claims for severe post-sepsis.
Live ItTeach & Mentor
Survivors-helping-survivors. Post-sepsis syndrome is isolating.
Share ItAdvocate
Sepsis kills 270K Americans yearly. Push for awareness and screening.
Share ItResearch & Trials
Sepsis biomarkers, immune modulators, post-sepsis rehab.
Share ItThree things to learn before you actually need them.
Workflow lives in the Prepared Visit Tool. Trackers in your Course.
Which door do I use?
Sepsis survivors are higher-risk for re-infection and post-sepsis syndrome. The ladder catches both.
Handle at home
- Post-sepsis recovery baseline
- Following rehab
- Fatigue manageable
- No fever
Log it. Strength and stamina recover over months.
Call the office / message the portal
- Mild fever (<101)
- New cough, UTI symptoms, wound concern
- Running low on antibiotics if on suppressive
- Fatigue worsening
Same day. Infections in survivors escalate fast.
Urgent / Acute care
- Fever ≥101°F
- Marked fatigue or confusion not at baseline
- New shortness of breath
- New pain pattern
- Difficulty keeping fluids down
Urgent care. Tell them you’re a sepsis survivor.
ER NOW / call 911
- High fever (≥101) with rigors
- Severe weakness
- Confusion or altered mental status
- Rapid heart rate + low BP
- Mottled skin
- Severe shortness of breath
Call 911 — tell them you’ve had sepsis before. Time matters.
How to describe a new symptom in 30 seconds
What is it?
Plain words.
How bad?
0-10.
When did it start?
Time + what you were doing.
What made it worse?
Movement · food · meds.
What helped?
Even a little.
What else was new?
Fever · med · supplement · stress. The forgotten detail often shifts the diagnosis.
“Fatigue has been a 7 for two weeks, worse with any activity, started after a UTI I almost ignored, rest helps somewhat, and I’ve noticed I’m more confused at the end of the day.”
Questions worth asking
Four for every patient, every condition, every visit:
- “Could this be a side effect of one of my medications, a supplement, or something else I’m doing — and should we change that?”
- “Would any non-drug therapy help — physical therapy, meditation, rest, ice or heat?”
- “If I can’t afford this medication or this test, can we talk about samples, alternatives, or a social worker who can help?”
- “What should I be watching for between now and my next visit — and when do I handle it myself, when do I call your office, when do I go to urgent care, and when do I go to the ER?”
Questions specifically for Sepsis (Survivor):
- “Am I being screened for post-sepsis syndrome — fatigue, brain fog, depression, PTSD?”
- “What infections am I most at risk for — and what vaccines should I have?”
- “Am I in cognitive rehab if I’m having brain fog?”
- “PT/OT for strength recovery — am I in the right program?”
- “What’s my plan if I think I’m getting sick — how fast do I escalate?”