COVID-19 pandemic: report on the use of auriculotherapy to optimize emergency workers’ health
Rosiane Lopes Trigueiro, Açucena Leal de Araújo, Thereza Maria Magalhães Moreira, Raquel Sampaio Florêncio
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To report the use of auriculotherapy to optimize emergency workers' health during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: Experience report of auriculotherapy application in 48 workers of a mobile emergency care service center located in a city in the Northeast of Brazil. RESULTS: Six auriculotherapy sessions were held, each lasting eight minutes, based on specific protocols in the area and Chinese energy physiology. The aim of the practice was to contribute to the improvement of physical (pain) and emotional (anxiety, stress) symptoms, and the promotion of greater health and willingness to work. In addition, the experimentation of this practice was thought of as a pilot for the creation of a care service for workers. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: In the report of auriculotherapy, the description of its application and its positive and negative points in relation to professionals working in the pandemic scenario were considered and its continuity was requested.