Best Case/Worst Case-ICU:
A Communication Framework for Trauma Patients and Families

BC/WC-ICU Implementation Toolkit

Best Case/Worst Case-ICU (BC/WC-ICU) is a communication tool that is designed to support decision-making for patients and their families in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). This tool can be used by clinicians to help translate prognostic information for patients with serious illness.

The BC/WC-ICU Implementation Toolkit includes:

  1. Blank Graphic Aids
  2. Informational Materials: Posters, brochures, magnets, etc.
  3. Step-by-step Instructions
  4. Attending & Fellow Training Materials
  5. Resident & APP Training Materials
  6. Practice Cases

 

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Graphic Aids

 

 

Informational Materials

 

Step-By-Step Instructions

Training Materials

Practice Cases

Practice Case 1: AB

Click the link below to download the patient story document, which tells the story of AB, a hypothetical ICU patient.

Case 1 AB Patient Story

Once you’ve downloaded and reviewed the graphic aid and patient story document, watch the video to the right. Follow along with our discussion of this case using BC/WC-ICU.

​Practice Case 2: SD

Click the link below to download the patient story document, which tells the story of SD, a hypothetical ICU patient.

 

Case 2 SD Patient Story

Once you’ve downloaded and reviewed the graphic aid and patient story document, watch the video to the right. Follow along with our discussion of this case using BC/WC-ICU.

 

The PATIENT PREFERENCES PROJECT

Wisconsin Surgical Outcomes Research Program
Department of Surgery
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

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