SIMULATION OF CARE FOR BURN VICTIM: EXPERIENCE REPORT (Atena Editora)

Abstract

Burns are injuries to body tissue caused by physical agents, chemical agents and biological agents capable of producing excessive heat that totally or partially damages the skin and its appendages, until reaching deeper layers such as muscles, tendons and bones, which can progress to death depending on the body area affected, the type of burn and its depth. This article is an experience report experienced in the laboratory through a realistic simulation with simulated patient care for the curricular component of the Urgency and Emergency discipline, carried out in 2019.1, with undergraduates from the 7th semester of the Nursing course on the shift night, under the guidance of the subject teachers. The same, it is a study whose main objective is to report the nursing assistance to the burn victim patient and in this experience the students created a clinical case in which the patient had 28% of the body surface burned, distributed in the anterior region, the same was treated according to the care protocol and several nursing actions were used, such as: removing the victim from contact with the causal agent, assessing vital signs, obtaining venous access, volume resuscitation, foley bladder catheterization, administering tetanus prophylaxis, control of hypothermia (cover the patient with a thermal blanket), monitor and apply dressings. Therefore, the group concludes that several behaviors can interfere with the regression or progression of severely burned patients, especially the involvement of late injuries due to hospital infections. In the face of these complications, some nursing actions are carried out with the purpose of improving the prognosis, such as first aid appropriately, drug interventions, dressings made according to specific technique and institutional protocol, planning care in a comprehensive, humane and individualized approach, aiming to prevent possible complications.