Abstract:

Abstract This is a descriptive, experience report study, carried out in 2016, which aimed to describe the experience lived by the nursing students of a Wound League, describing the importance of palliative care in the prognosis of patients with spinal cord injury. During this period, it was provided assistance to several patients in palliative care, bedridden and with spinal cord injury. It was possible to obtain improvement in physical and psychological medical conditions of all patients, in addition to the family, who felt reassured. It was noted that patients felt more secure in the presence of members of the Wound League. With regard to injury, there was regression of the wound bed in all of them, as well as some healing. The necrotic tissue has become extinct, mostly. It was used coverage available, such as papain of various percentages and essential fatty acid (EFA). In turn, the lesions epithelialized, avoiding the need of tissue graft. The approach of palliative care provided to bedridden patients with spinal cord injury contributed to a positive prognosis, improving adaptation and self-esteem.

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