How to use best case/worst case-icu
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.
On this page, you will find the following:
- Whiteboard video
- Blank Graphic Aid
- Step-By-Step
- Practice Case 1 – AB
- Practice Case 2 – SD
- Demonstration video
- Attending/Fellow Learner Manual
- Resident/APP Learner Manual
- Research team contact information
See how Best Case/Worst Case-ICU can improve your conversations with patients and their families. Watch the 9-minute whiteboard video below to learn the basics of Best Case/Worst Case-ICU.
Ready to practice using Best Case/Worst Case-ICU?
Click the link below to download a blank copy of the BC/WC-ICU Graphic Aid:
Click the link below to download the BC/WC-ICU Step-By-Step Guide for detailed instructions on how to use the BC/WC-ICU communication tool and Graphic Aid:
Check out the cases below to see how BC/WC-ICU can be applied to different patient scenarios. If you have attended a training for BC/WC-ICU, see if you can fill the graphic aid in for each patient case on your own. Then watch the video to see how our team recommends using the graphic aid for BC/WC-ICU.
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.
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.
Watch the video below to see a demonstration of Best Case/Worst Case-ICU being used during rounds.
Please click the links below to download the learner manuals used in training. The Resident/APP learner manual provides options for self-guided education on BC/WC-ICU.
Contact us!
If you are a part of our Trauma R01 BC/WC-ICU study and have questions or feedback, please contact our implementation team:
BCWC.trauma@surgery.wisc.edu
The PATIENT PREFERENCES PROJECT
Wisconsin Surgical Outcomes Research Program
Department of Surgery
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
