Septic shock is a severe and potentially fatal condition that occurs when sepsis leads to life-threatening low blood pressure. Sepsis develops when the body has an overwhelming response to infection. Knowing how to recognize and prevent septic shock is vital. Warning as sepsis can kill in 12 hours. Sepsis is a bigger killer than heart attacks, lung cancer or breast cancer. The blood 🩸 infection is a fast killer too. A person can be a very healthy fit individual one day and be dead the next.