The full ICU family guide is free for every family.

Get the guide

The full printable guide, sent to your email. Free.

Fill in the form and we will email you the complete trifold. Print it and fold it into a pocket guide, or keep it on your phone. Either way, it is yours.

See it before you print it

The trifold, folding itself in 3D.

This is the actual guide you will receive, rendered as a living paper model. Watch it fold and unfold, or grab it and spin it yourself. Six panels, two sides, one job: getting a scared family through their first week.

Drag to spin · It folds on its own

Send me the guide

We only use your email to send the guide and, if you want, occasional updates. Nothing else, ever.

By submitting, you agree to receive the guide by email. The guide is general information for families and is not medical advice.

What you will receive

One printable trifold, six panels, designed to fold to the size of a phone. Here is what is inside.

Panel by panel

  • Why this guide exists: the story behind it
  • What you are seeing: the monitor, color by color
  • Who is in the room: every role on the care team
  • Be their advocate: the five questions for rounds and the notebook
  • If it is your brother or sister: sibling support
  • Taking care of yourself: real advice for long weeks

Printing tips

Print double-sided, flip on the short edge, and fold in thirds. Regular printer paper works fine. If you can only print one side, print the inside pages: the monitor, the team, and the questions.