This observation reports the case of an occupational allergic asthma in a laboratory technician, caused by exposure to formaldehyde. She experienced feelings of discomfort during low exposure, below the regulatory exposure thresholds. Sent to occupational medicine, signs of an asthma attack were noted by the doctor.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA study of health students at the Université de Bretagne Occidentale showed that nursing students smoked more than those in other fields. The present study of health students in the same city shows that, conversely, students in nursing training institutes (Ifsi) consumed less alcohol.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJoy, fear, disgust, anger, sadness, surprise, emotions are fleeting and natural affects that catch us off guard. Care, as a face-to-face encounter with others, in a sometimes difficult context of serious or chronic pathologies, can become a place of affectivity, all the more so as care crosses the barriers of bodily intimacy. What to do with one's emotions in care?
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLittle is known about localized osteoarticular Scedosporiosis (LOS). Most data come from case reports and small case series. Here we present an ancillary study of the nationwide French Scedosporiosis Observational Study (SOS), describing 15 consecutive cases of LOS diagnosed between January 2005 and March 2017.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAs we have just commemorated the 40th anniversary of the discovery of AIDS, which was described in 1981 and declared a pandemic 20 years ago, in 2002, we are tracing the history of the disease in order to promote awareness of the imaginary nature of the disease. A useful approach to the care of the HIV-positive person.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe objective of this qualitative study was to highlight the facilitating measures and difficulties encountered in continuing breastfeeding when returning to work at the Brest Regional University Hospital. The eleven mothers interviewed were able to take advantage of the solidarity in the care services to carry out their project, but simple institutional measures are still possible to facilitate this conciliation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: In 2021, smoking was considered to be the leading cause of avoidable death in the world, causing numerous pathologies. The rate of smoking in French department of Finistère is high, and the ARS (regional health authority) has funded a prevention campaign for a tobacco-free hospital and campus in Brest. Some health students' smoke (17.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDuring the first months of the Sars-Cov-2 pandemic, French caregivers faced difficult situations, organizational changes, and rapidly changing recommendations. The occupational physicians of the hospital staff had to accompany the caregivers, both to answer their questions, both to better prevent the risks to their health in connection with the pandemic. Recommendations were quickly issued by the Société française de médecine du travail (French Society of Occupational Medicine).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe pandemic has highlighted the self-sacrifice of caregivers, who are ready to give themselves for their patients. But what does it mean? The caregiver gives himself; but, by putting on a good face, he gives a distorted image of himself. This gift of a "non-self" is a gift of his "caregiver-self".
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: In the framework of a "tobacco-free hospital and campus" campaign, we conducted a study on the prevalence of smoking and vaping among a university hospital (CHRU) staff. The study took place in late 2020 (from 1 September to 15 December), and involved self-assessment of the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on smoking.
Material And Method: A cross-sectional study was carried out using an online questionnaire, which was distributed by email and QR code posting and included socio-professional details as well as data on participants' smoking and vaping.
The sense of smell presents itself to us as a means of forging an opinion of a situation, sending us back to our memories and giving us a form of knowledge of the patient. In addition, besides the obvious repulsion that certain wounds can engender, the sense of smell can also, conversely, lead us into an eroticization of care.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Covid-19 pandemic marked public opinion by the scale and violence of scientific and medical debates. Patients can sometimes say that they have never seen so many doctors in the papers. Everyone has their own opinion and some use social networks.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNew technologies have profoundly changed the socialization as well as the care pathway. Digital medicine is taking a new turn with the emergence of connected drugs, making it possible to monitor the taking of treatment. In the United States, a connected drug used for the treatment of bipolar disorders has received marketing authorization, in particular.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWhen we talk about micro-organisms, the notion of hygiene prevails. However, this invisible ecosystem, which permeates us and connects us to patients, should make us aware of the intimate relationship among human beings.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMicroorganisms are invisible to the naked eye. Hospital hygiene practices are therefore based on the representation that caregivers have of them. This difficulty can generate irrational behavior and fear of blame.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe current health crisis is impacting the vision of the present and the future. It is not a matter of feeling "sacrificed", but rather of discovering a new way of approaching the world around us. This is the case for our representations of health and the interdependence of people and generations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStudent aid policies are broad organizational lines. They must not be confused, despite the obvious solicitude of public actors, with the caregiver's posture. It is then necessary to reinterrogate solicitude to defend a form of prevention by the mobilization of the actors, namely the students themselves.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHealthcare students have experienced this first year of the COVID-19 pandemic differently. Some have volunteered to support services in tension. They were concerned about whether their training would be provided, especially for technical skills.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFrench society has become aware of the distress of students, to the point of setting up systems dedicated to their mental health. To avoid confusion, it is important to qualify the mental health of students and to suggest ways to understand why this is a vulnerable population facing the health crisis.
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