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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.
Kawasaki syndrome, the most common childhood vasculitis
Kawasaki syndrome is an infectious disease of unknown origin, discovered and classified in 1967 by a Japanese paediatrician, from whom it takes its name, who had observed a number of children with the same symptoms: fever, red blotchy rash,…
Marfan syndrome: what to know
Marfan syndrome is a rare hereditary connective tissue disease that causes changes in the eye, bone, heart, blood vessels, lungs and central nervous system
Vespa Orientalis: everything you need to know and how to act in case of an anaphylactic reaction
After a Vespa Orientalis sting, one must calm the child or adult and keep calm by taking him or her to a safe and sheltered place
First Aid: How to Deal with Panic Attacks
First Aid and Panic Attacks: a panic attack is a sudden and extremer episode of physical and emotional reactions caused by overwhelming fear and anxiety
Raynaud's syndrome: symptoms, causes and treatment
Raynaud's syndrome is a phenomenon caused by sudden, transient vasospasms of the arteries in the fingers of the hand
Autoimmune diseases: care and treatment of vitiligo
Vitiligo is an autoimmune disease characterized by the destruction of melanin-producing cells (melanocytes) by immune cells (cytotoxic T lymphocytes)
Radiotherapy: what it is used for and what the effects are
Radiotherapy is a branch of medicine that uses radiation (electromagnetic, similar to that used in X-rays, or body radiation, e.g. electrons) to treat diseases
Deafness: diagnosis and treatment
Deafness is the total or partial loss of hearing and can be caused by a variety of factors. It can affect both adults and children and can be congenital or the consequence of diseases affecting the ear
Paediatrics, what is Reye's Syndrome?
A recently discovered paediatric disease, Reye's Syndrome is a rare complication of common paediatric respiratory infections, including Varicella
Oxygen-ozone therapy: for which pathologies is it indicated?
There are more than 1200 scientific papers published internationally on the usefulness of oxygen-ozone therapy in human and veterinary medicine. But what does this treatment consist of and in which cases is it indicated?