The mission statement of the Shock Society is to improve the care of victims of trauma, shock, and sepsis, through:

• Promoting clinically relevant research into the basic biology of trauma, shock, and sepsis
• Providing a multidisciplinary forum to integrate and disseminate new knowledge in trauma, shock, and sepsis
• Promoting the education and mentoring of the next generation of investigators in the field of trauma, shock,
  and sepsis