Open AccessBest case/worst case for the trauma ICU: Development and pilot testing of a communication tool for older adults with traumatic injury
Author(s) -
Christopher Zimmermann,
Amy B. Zelenski,
Anne Buffington,
Nathan D. Baggett,
Jennifer L. Tucholka,
Holly B. Weis,
Nicholas Marka,
Thomas Schoultz,
Elle L. Kalbfell,
Toby C. Campbell,
Victor K. Lin,
Diane Lape,
Karen J. Brasel,
Herbert Phelan,
Margaret L. Schwarze
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the journal of trauma and acute care surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.25
H-Index - 187
eISSN - 2163-0763
pISSN - 2163-0755
DOI - 10.1097/ta.0000000000003281
Subject(s) - medicine , intervention (counseling) , distress , major trauma , trauma center , quality of life (healthcare) , focus group , physical therapy , emergency medicine , medical emergency , retrospective cohort study , nursing , clinical psychology , surgery , marketing , business
"Best Case/Worst Case" (BC/WC) is a communication tool to support shared decision making in older adults with surgical illness. We aimed to adapt and test BC/WC for use with critically ill older adult trauma patients.