Confirmation of own assessment
In relation to the theme above, according to healthcare professionals,
the AGE-ICU shows the full picture of the patient, which
contributes to a comprehensible overview. “The AGE-ICU gives you
a lot of arguments, and the colored bars give you a clear overview of
the status of the patient [Interview 6] . Besides this, the tool canobjectify the feelings that a healthcare professional has about
a patient. Healthcare professionals often use the AGE-ICU in cases of
doubt. Respondents mentioned that in some cases there is no doubt about
the treatment the AGE-ICU is not necessary. The AGE-ICU is often used to
objectify the doctor’s assessment in cases where it is not clear or
difficult to estimate the chances of survival, “It is often a
feeling, what you have with a patient on which you base your decision to
not admit someone to the IC. By using the AGE-ICU you can make that
illustrative. You can say for yourself, hey this is right indeed.
Because if we put this patient in the AGE-ICU screening, this patient
will eventually come out bad. This confirms your feelings” [Interview
4].