How Healium Is Helping Frontline Workers By Reducing Anxiety
COLUMBIA, MO / ACCESSWIRE / May 19, 2021 / Frontline workers have seen the best and the worst during the pandemic. They've soldiered on, day after day, but not without sustaining emotional battle scars. In fact, evidence suggests that around half of healthcare employees can expect to experience post-traumatic stress.
To be sure, stress isn't unknown or unexpected in the medical field. Doctors, nurses, and first responders go into their occupations of choice knowing they'll face difficult situations. Nevertheless, the impact and burden of Covid-19 has led to extreme situations that play on the nerves, spirit, and mind.
How can frontline personnel find relief for stress-related problems like anxiety, depression, or panic attacks? Traditionally, cognitive behavior therapy and classic "talk" therapy offer excellent long-term options. The same holds true for some prescription medications, yet it's been difficult to find practically instant relief from stress for those on the leading edge of healthcare-until now.
Today, the powers of VR, AR, and biofeedback have been combined in a unique delivery system to quell stress quickly. The solution, Healium, provides a revolutionary, all-natural method to help anxious people help themselves feel calmer and more focused fast.
Merging technology and organic human responses
The concept behind Healium is deceptively simple: Harness the adaptability of the brain to promote more positive mood states. Healium achieves this outcome through the use of headsets such as Oculus, HTC Vive, or Pico VR connected to a specialized app. The app sends pleasurable scenes to the viewer through the headset, ultimately normalizing heart rate, reducing fatigue, and replacing negativism. When paired with an optional wearable like a BrainLink Lite EEG headband, wearers can engage in neurofeedback for mind-training. Through regular use of the headband and VR (or AR) environment, users can reduce their risk of burnout.
Healium's benefits aren't merely anecdotal. The proprietary system of delivering feel-good images based on brainwave patterns has held up under scientific scrutiny. In four peer-reviewed studies, Healium reduced self-reported anxiety. Additionally, the Healium feedback loop improved some users' empathy and reversed social- and environmental-related tension. In some cases, measurable positive changes in study participants occurred within as few as four minutes.
Dr. Jeff Tarrant, Healium's Chief Scientist, explains the "why" behind Healium's ability to consistently deliver excellent results. "This is the stress Olympics right now," he notes. "How are you supposed to learn to control your stress if you can't see it or interact with it? These experiences are designed to interrupt the stress response." As Tarrant further points out, the overarching objective of using Healium is to teach the user how to self-regulate. By being able to control stress effectively, users can alleviate the way stress plays on them at work or home.
Monica Smith, MSN, RN, NE-BC, FACHE, Chief Nursing Officer and Chief Operations Officer of Boone Health, echoes Tarrant's sentiments. Smith's employer arranged for a trial of Healium at its facility for its nurses. As Smith says, "Nursing is a difficult profession with incredibly high expectations. Providing an outlet for our nurses to rejuvenate and care for themselves is a high priority. We are excited to participate in a study focused on the well-being of our nursing staff."
Taking Holistic Healing to the Level of Healium
Although Healium's impact on frontline workers is critical, it can serve a wide variety of functions for other people, too. Below are just four of the countless ways that Healium's benefits are being explored.
1. Reduce tension in medical or dental patients.
Because Healium can work in any setting, it may be useful for patients as well as healthcare workers. Often, patients feel nervous when attending appointments. Using the Healium system with or without a comfortable EEG headband may negate fears associated with treatments. During one research project, Healium was used during a Red Cross blood drive. Participants who engaged with AR and VR prior to donating self-reported better moods than control group peers.
2. Give young students a needed dose of de-stressing.
Healium content can be used by anyone age eight or older. Consequently, kids and teens could find the product to relieve their anxieties. Many young people's lives were upended because of lockdowns, quarantines, and sudden online schooling. Healium has been shown to be most effective with younger populations who are the most stressed and could potentially play a role in helping youngsters return to a healthier next normal.
3. Boost mindfulness in high-anxiety patients.
Many people diagnosed with clinical levels of anxiety are searching for nature-based mindfulness solutions. Healium, when used as part of an overall therapy approach, has shown excellent outcomes in testing conditions. This could pave the way for Healium to be used for physiological reduction of stress effects.
4. Provide relief for burned out employees across all industries.
Businesses are exploring the use of Healium for their workers. Offering employees the opportunity to use Healium can give team members a much-needed mental break. In one piece of research, 94% of users said their post-Healium energy levels were very high. Employers may want to experiment with using Healium to encourage wellness in their people.
Not many good things came out of the pandemic. Healium's one of the exceptions to that rule. Will this innovative system bring greater peace of mind not just to frontline workers but to stressed out people everywhere? The makers at Healium have made it their mission to try. And the validated evidence the company's amassed so far shows a promising future.
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