Virtual Assistance System Applied in Learning About Pressure Ulcers

Abstract

Pressure ulcers have a negative impact on the health system, seriously affecting patients on stretchers or wheelchairs who are constantly in the same position, injuring skin tissue and becoming an expensive treatment due to complication of the patient by limiting him to move freely, being worrying about the increase in patients affected with these injuries who are not treated correctly by the medical staff or tutor in charge, for this reason it is important to maintain prevention and care measures for affected patients, with a trained medical personnel who are in charge of many disabled patients who cannot move on their own, and may be injured with chronic wounds due to inadequate treatment, highlighting that medical personnel play a fundamental role in the prevention of pressure injuries by keeping them moving on the surface where the patient supports the weight of his body. According to the problem raised, in this investigation a virtual assistance system applied to learning about pressure ulcers was conducted, providing guidance and information to medical personnel through a multimedia platform, taking advantage of a new form of tele-education with educational materials regarding to these conditions. Through the operation of the system, it was possible to determine that it works with an efficiency of 92.04%, highlighting its user evaluations that determined the appropriate material for them, guaranteeing better learning regarding the prevention and care of patients with pressure ulcers.