How do you wake up when you are in an artificial coma in Strasbourg and wake up in La Roche-sur-Yon? This is the experience that will be lived by a hundred patients suffering from the coronavirus, transferred in serious condition to a hospital in this commune of the Pays de la Loire to relieve regions with high hospital stress such as Ile de France and the Grand East.
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But waking up can prove to be a trauma for these patients who are losing their bearings, but who will benefit from special support. "We have families who ask us to broadcast music titles with the idea that it can stimulate them. And when we receive letters from families, have them read," explains Amandine Celli, psychologist in the resuscitation service at La Roche- sur-Yon, at the microphone of Europe 1.
"What day is it and where are they?"
When the eyes open, the patients are obviously disoriented and the questions flare up. "What they can say at first is ask what day it is, what time it is and where they are. They later understand that there has been a transfer that has been done and they need to know if this is all real and how their family could have experienced it. "
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And despite the 800 km between La Roche-sur-Yon and Strasbourg, thanks to the information gathered, the psychologist is able to personalize contact with the patient. "It also allows us to know the patients, to be closer to them, to know the first names of their children ... We enter their privacy to really show them that they have a part of existence", explains she. Patients who, for those who are awake, will still remain under observation in Vendée before being able to return to their region of origin.
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