Septic shock still remains the one of the leading causes of death in hospital patients. Barely more than 50% of the patients with severe sepsis survive their hospital admission. This unacceptable high mortality can only be reduced if there is greater awareness and understanding of the condition .and the knowledge of most effective treatment measures available. Unplanned admissions to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and potentially preventable deaths on wards are associated with a failure to institute early preventive conditions. Greater than 40% of the intensive Care Unit admissions are potentially preventable with improved ward care.
Survival of patients with Septic shock appears to be better if shock develops while the patient is in Intensive Care Unit rather than on general ward despite greater severity of illness in the intensive care group [1].This suggests that the closer observation and earlier treatment can influence the outcome of sepsis.