Patient Diary Information and Guidance
Patient Diaries
Critical care patient diaries are a valuable tool in helping patients come to terms with their critical illness experience.
Whilst in Critical Care patients may be kept sedated for some time while they're mechanically ventilated. After discharge from ICU they often report having gaps in their memory from their illness or they may remember nightmares and hallucinations. A patient diaries can help fill this memory gap and help patients to understand what has happened to them whilst in critical care. This diary is written for ICU patients by healthcare staff, particularly nurses and family members and friends. The video below talks about how valuable a critical patient diary is for Critical Care Patients and thier families.
Patient Diaries are used in critical care follow up clinics to help the patient and family understand what has happened to them whilst they have been a patient in critical care.
Below is an example of a Patient Diary Template from Warrington Critical Care Unit.
