The application of Roy Adaptation Model in nursing care for persons travelling to high altitude areas
Keywords:
Acute high-altitude sickness, Roy Adaptation Model, Nursing careAbstract
Persons travelling to high altitude areas at least 2,500 meters above sea level may develop acute high-altitude sickness, which has three major symptoms. Those people could be faced with mild to severe symptoms like high-altitude cerebral edema or pulmonary edema, leading to death. The cause of acute high-altitude sickness is hypoxemia from the low atmospheric pressure. The purpose of this article is to present the principle of care for individuals travelling to high-altitude areas based on Roy Adaptation Model. This article anticipates providing health care professionals, especially nurses, with knowledge about these conditions related to taking care of persons traveling to high-altitude areas from pre-traveling to post-travelling, with the ultimate goal of preventing fatal deaths. The implications of the study for nurses are comprehensive assessments of stimuli (focal, contextual, and residual stimuli) and training in utilizing the Lake Louise Acute Mountain Sickness Score. Early screening is the key to managing acute high-altitude sickness.
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