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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.
Panic attacks: symptoms and treatment of the most common anxiety disorder
Panic attacks (also called panic crises) are episodes of sudden, intense fear or a rapid escalation of normally present anxiety
Cervical cancer screening, THINPrep and Pap test: what is the difference?
THINPrep is an evolution of the 'classic' Pap Test (Papanicolaou Test), a more sophisticated screening test of the female population against the risk of cervical cancer
Paediatric Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD): what differences and peculiarities?
The automatic implantable defibrillator (also called ICD from the English Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator) is a sophisticated device that saves the lives of children with serious heart rhythm disturbances
Medical thermography: what is it for?
Medical thermography is a non-invasive technique that makes it possible to highlight and measure the surface temperatures of the human body, using the heat energy emitted by the body through the skin in the form of infrared electromagnetic…
Hepatic steatosis in paediatric age: what it is, causes, diagnosis and treatment
Steatosis is the most common liver disease in children. It can be prevented by not feeding children foods high in fat and sugar and by promoting regular physical activity
Rorschach test: the meaning of the stains
The Rorschach test is a well-known reactive instrument for investigating personality. The test is based on the interpretation of Rorschach stains (named after their creator, the Swiss psychologist Hermann Rorschach) by the subjects examined
Blood coagulation: Von Willebrand Factor
Von Willebrand Factor is an important protein for blood coagulation. Its deficiency causes Von Willebrand haemorrhagic disease
Paediatric pacemaker: functions and peculiarities
The pacemaker is an electronic device for restoring the correct heart rhythm in children with arrhythmia and a heart rhythm that is too slow
Brucellosis: what it is and what to do
Brucellosis is transmitted from animals to humans and is now easily treated with the appropriate use of antibiotics. Pasteurisation of milk remains the main means of prevention
Pharyngeal swab: when is it necessary?
Pharyngeal swab the most indicated examination for the diagnosis of bacterial pharyngitis