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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.
Semeiotics of the heart: knowing and recognising systolic and diastolic heart murmurs
Heart murmurs are typical noises caused by turbulent blood flow
Cyanosis, arrhythmias and heart failure: what causes Ebstein's anomaly
First discovered in 1866, Ebstein's anomaly presents as a downward displacement of the tricuspid valve, instead of the usual position between the right atrium and right ventricle
Congenital or acquired malformations: pes cavus
Pes cavus is one of the most common malformations. Those who suffer from it have a more accentuated medial plantar arch, and therefore higher, than it should
Acute and chronic lithiasic and alitiasic cholecystitis: causes, therapy, diet and natural remedies
Cholecystitis is a disease characterized by inflammation of the gallbladder (also called gallbladder) frequently caused by the presence of a stone wedged in the infundibulum of the gallbladder
Cardiac arrhythmia: causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
Let's talk about cardiac arrhythmia. The heart is a muscle whose basic task is to circulate blood throughout the body
Cerebral palsy: what it is and what causes it
Cerebral palsy is one of the neurological disorders and mainly affects the motor skills of the child
Pemphigus: causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
Pemphigus is an autoimmune bullous dermatosis of the skin and mucous membranes characterised by disruption of the cell adhesion mechanisms of the epidermis, particularly the desmosomes
Acute and chronic appendicitis: causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
The term 'appendicitis' (in English 'appendicitis') refers in the medical field to the inflammation - acute or chronic - of the vermiform appendix (also called the caecal appendix or just the 'appendix'), i.e. the tubular formation forming…
Semeiotics of heart failure: the Valsalva Manoeuvre (tachycardia and vagus nerve)
The Valsalva manoeuvre (MV), named after the physician Antonio Maria Valsalva, is a forced compensation manoeuvre of the middle ear, mainly used in medicine, especially in the field of cardiology, but also in the field of diving
Semeiotics of the heart: cardiac auscultation foci
Auscultation of the heart, during the objective test, should be performed on cardiac foci, 5 specific zones that correspond to the valve foci