Saumya Gupta
BSE ’19
Project Alivio is a multidisciplinary team of students from the University of Michigan that works with the Students Association of International Medical Research (SAIMER) at the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala. Our purpose is to use human-centered design to develop a solution that will reduce the incidence of pressure ulcers in the San Juan de Dios Hospital in Guatemala City. Pressure ulcers are areas of skin damage that typically develop on bedridden patients. At the University of Michigan Health System, patients are turned by nurses every two hours to avoid this outcome. However, in the San Juan de Dios Hospital, the nurses are overworked, and cannot turn the patients as often. For this reason, we are designing a solution that will assist the nurses in this hospital. Our goal is to develop a solution that will prevent the formation of pressure ulcers in bedridden patients of the San Juan de Dios Hospital.
Library Mentor: Leena Lalwani