Best Case/Worst Case Communication Tool for Trauma Intensive Care Units.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Advanced communication techniques can support seriously injured older adults facing a significant change in health trajectory or functional status. Optimal use of these techniques requires effective implementation among trauma team members in intensive care units (ICUs).

Objective

To evaluate implementation of the Best Case/Worst Case-ICU (BC/WC-ICU) communication tool.

Design, setting, and participants

This quality improvement study involved implementing the BC/WC-ICU in the context of a randomized clinical trial. Each site received 3 months of implementation training during 1 of 4 sequential waves from October 2023 to September 2024; ongoing implementation was evaluated until January 2025. Participants included such trauma team members as attendings, fell

SUBMITTER: Fritz ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12461598 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature