Aalst, The General Municipal Hospital, Aalst is the first hospital in the country with a virtual reality glasses pain fight in the er. Every year, about 500 patients, mostly children, the VR-glasses on the emergency department of the ASZ and acute pain less feel. “By the VR glasses will get your brain the feeling that you are effective in a different place, making the effect much stronger,” says Dr. Vergote, medical head of dept ed ASZ.
On the service, emergency treatment, each day, 10 to 20 children, according to spoedarts Vergote. “Most of the patients experience acute or chronic pain,” he says. “There are several afleidingstechnieken for children with acute or chronic pain. So we have recently launched a children’s playpen fully transformed into a magical playroom. Also we have all kinds of toys to the child to distract or talk we just. And now we have with the VR glasses an additional tool. The big difference with the other afleidingstechnieken is that the child is not just looking for a place. The VR glasses will get your brain the feeling that you are effective in a different place, making the effect much stronger,” says doctor Vergote, medical head of dept ed ASZ.
