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Health and Safety
Safety is the first pillar of a good life for emergency professionals, rescuers and Fire Fighters. We are operating in a complex and hard environment. Risk prevention and improving working conditions are fundamental for better health and life.
Cardiac rhythm restoration procedures: electrical cardioversion
Electrical cardioversion, CVE, is a therapeutic procedure used to restore normal cardiac rhythm in patients suffering from atrial fibrillation, flutter or tachycardia and in whom pharmacological cardioversion has not been effective
Red blood in the faeces: when to worry?
The presence of blood in the stool is an event that alarms us, sometimes even exaggeratedly, because often the first thing that comes to mind is cancer
Symptoms of celiac disease in children: what they are and how to recognize them
Celiac disease is a chronic condition that leads to malnutrition and therefore interferes with the weight and growth of children, selective malabsorption of some minerals and vitamins that can lead to disease conditions, therefore it must…
Arthritis: what it is, what are the symptoms and what are the differences from osteoarthritis
Arthritis is an inflammatory condition that affects one or more joints and can present in an acute or chronic form
Pediatric phimosis: what to do?
Phimosis refers to a narrowing of the preputial ring, which does not allow the foreskin to be retracted downwards and therefore the glans to be uncovered
Heart attack: characteristics, causes and treatment of myocardial infarction
The generic term 'heart attack' or 'heart attack' refers to a condition that is referred to in medical jargon as a 'myocardial infarction'
When the baby doesn't poop: constipation
By constipation we mean both a reduction in bowel frequency, both the difficult evacuation of hard stools and the daily evacuation of goat feces
What is Creatinine?
Creatinine is a waste product of creatine phosphate (or phosphocreatine), found primarily in skeletal muscle tissue
Sports injuries requiring treatment in the emergency room
Sports-related injuries range from very minor bruises to life-threatening accidents: sports injuries must therefore be looked at as a whole
Stool analysis: what it is and when to perform this test
What is a stool analysis? Faeces are the excrement produced by the intestine, composed of 70%-85% water and the rest of food residues