Building Resilience In Caregivers of Trauma Survivors

You may be eligible if

• Must anticipate serving in a Caregiver role after the patient is discharged (A. Must be either a family member or close friend of a patient who has been admitted to the trauma/critical care service ICU B. Must anticipate spending time with the patient in a caregiver or other supportive role (e.g., emotional, social, financial) after the patient is discharged
• Caregiver and patient must report English as a primary language
• Patient and Caregiver must be able to provide informed consent
• Caregiver must be able to provide at least two forms of contact information
• Trauma Patient directly admitted to the ICU (Primary cause of admission is trauma, Injury must include trauma to the head/brain or polytrauma, Admitted directly to the hospital, Patient admission of at least 48 hours, Patient is currently admitted to the ICU, Patient is expected to survive more than 96 hours at 48 hours after admission, Patient has an abbreviated injury score greater than 3 (severe, critical, maximum), Fluent in English)
• Trauma patient must be able to communicate verbally
• Exclusion
• Does not anticipate serving in a Caregiver role after the patient is discharged
• Caregiver is not a close friend or family member of the patient who has been admitted to the ICU
• Caregiver does not expect to serve in a supportive role to the patient
• Patient is not currently admitted to the ICU and or is not expected to remain in the ICU for 48 hours
• Patient is not expected to survive more than 96 hours
• Patient is not expected to require assistance prior to discharge
• Patient is not between 17 and 65 years of age