Involvement of a CETD in the COVID epidemic

ABSTRACT

The first COVID crisis had a considerable impact on the functioning of health establishments and Pain Structures (SD). The huge reorganization of the establishment, the confinement, the cessation of surgical activity and outpatient consultations led the team of the Center for the Assessment and Treatment of Pain (CETD) to adjust its activity. After analyzing the origins of the suffering of caregivers (double confinement, mental, emotional, sensory and physical overload) and in order to avoid or limit burnout, the CETD proposed “relaxation breaks” of 30 minutes accessible to all hospital staff and made available to staff all their material and human resources from 03/20/20 to 06/29/20. The sessions offered deep dynamic waves, aromatherapy, relaxation, music therapy, virtual reality, auriculotherapy, chiropractic, massages, sophrology, hypnotic communication, informal debriefing. Results: 1233 visits were recorded representing all professions, mainly nurses (262), nursing assistants (174) and doctors (109). The reasons for the consultations were the search for relaxation, muscle “tension”, back pain or diffuse pain. This experience made it possible to highlight the importance of the consequences of the intense work of caregivers during the epidemic, the lack of management of their health problems and the interest of a psycho-bodily approach in these periods of crisis and compassion fatigue. © 2021 Elsevier Masson SAS