EDUCATING & RAISING AWARENESS EVERYDAY

KATY GRAINGER

I am a multiple amputee because I didn’t understand the signs and symptoms of sepsis. I  consider it my mission to educate people on how to know the difference between feeling like you have the flu and understanding that you’re in a medical emergency and need to get to the hospital immediately. 

I am also spreading awareness about disability and limb loss through social media, speaking engagements, and articles to help normalize body differences. The more people see disability and learn and talk about it, the more they understand it and normalize it. This is why I’ve expanded into modeling and acting, hoping that my body differences can inspire others.

MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER

I have been sharing my personal and inspiring story as a national speaker at corporations such as Microsoft, bioMerieux, T2 Biosystems and Edwards Lifesciences. My aim is to educate communities online as well as offline. With a background in sales and marketing, experience in fundraising, a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology and a love for inspiring others, I feel like my whole life has been leading me here.

"One of the nation’s leading advocates for sepsis awareness"

 

“Sepsis is the body’s overwhelming and life-threatening response to infection that can lead to tissue damage, organ failure, and death.  In other words, it’s your body’s overactive and toxic response to an infection. Like strokes or heart attacks, sepsis is a medical emergency that requires rapid diagnosis and treatment. Sepsis can lead to severe sepsis and septic shock. Your immune system usually works to fight any germs (bacteria, viruses, fungi, or parasites) to prevent infection. If an infection does occur, your immune system will try to fight it, although you may need help with medication such as antibiotics, antivirals, anti-fungals, and anti-parasitics. However, for reasons researchers don’t understand, sometimes the immune system stops fighting the “invaders,” and begins to turn on itself. This is the start of sepsis.”

-Sepsis Alliance 

LET THE NUMBERS SPEAK...

ANNUAL SEPSIS DIAGNOSIS
MILLION
AMPUTATIONS
K
SEPSIS DEATHS
K
OF SURVIVORS SUFFER FROM POST SEPSIS SYNDROME
%

My aim is to inspire and educate you. subscribe to my website for updates, alerts and awareness campaigns where you can get involved.

Subscribe

* indicates required
/ ( mm / dd )
Would you like more information on

Please select all the ways you would like to hear from Katy Grainger Sepsis Amputee:

You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link in the footer of our emails. For information about our privacy practices, please visit our website.

We use Mailchimp as our marketing platform. By clicking below to subscribe, you acknowledge that your information will be transferred to Mailchimp for processing. Learn more about Mailchimp's privacy practices here.