Project leads with the Intensive Care Unit of Saint-Malo Hospital, France, and Umeå Norrlands universitet, Sweden. The goal was to improve environmental conditions in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) by proposing solutions that enhance social connection and reduce sensory and emotional disorientation during and after a patient’s stay.
- St-Malo & Umeå Hospitals
- Intensive Care
- St-Malo, France & Umeå, Sweden
- Personal work
- Service Design, Product, UX/UI
How can one treat and care for a patient in the Intensive Care Unit, without creating a persistent cognitive impairment?
CHALLENGE.
Patients treated in Intensive Care Units, across the world, enter into reanimation without previous cognitive disorders, but acquire a Long-Term Cognitive Impairment after Critical Illness, close to Alzheimer disease.
DIRECTION.
Living between Sweden and France at this time, I began by investigating these two distinct approaches to patient care. To ensure a holistic perspective, I first focused on gaining a deep understanding of the field, visiting hospitals and conducting multiple interview sessions with international practitioners.
WHY AN HOSPITALIZED PATIENT CANNOT KEEP SOCIAL CONTACT?
Field Analysis.
I met hospital practitioners, followed specialist nurses and doctors who try to restore or monitor failed or compromised vital functions. In total, I interviewed 4 experts from 3 different countries (Brazil, France, Sweden) and asked them about their feeling regarding their national expertise and specifications.
Process outcomes: NDA.
For confidentiality reason, the explanation and the use description of the following design and pictures are not disclosed.
FIELD ANALYSIS.
I had the opportunity to visit two different hospitals, in France and in Sweden, with two different working practices. Based on the issues identified, I began exploring improvements that could be implemented within patient rooms to enhance perception and acceptance of their temporary environment.
Outputs.
In synthetized my insights and inputs of my research into ideation clusters. It was quite a intense week between gathering ideas, leading creative workshop and writing down everything on papers. This led me towards a clearer vision of the concepts I wanted to push forward in the following steps.
