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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.
Sudden cardiac death: causes, premonitory symptoms and treatment
Sudden cardiac death in medicine refers to an unexpected (or 'apparently' unexpected) death from cardiac causes that occurs in often asymptomatic patients, immediately after the onset of symptoms (within an hour) or even without the onset…
Chest trauma: traumatic rupture of the diaphragm and traumatic asphyxia (crushing)
There are several specific injuries that can occur in the setting of chest trauma, these commonly occur in combination with other more common injuries and can complicate the presentations of patients
Warts: what are they, how to treat them and how can we avoid them?
Summer, holidays, hot...pool.... But beware. As relaxing and refreshing as they may be, these places can sometimes leave unpleasant 'reminders', including warts, i.e. unpleasant skin growths caused by one of the HPV (Human Papilloma Virus)…
Haemoglobin electrophoresis, the essential test for diagnosing haemoglobinopathies such as…
Haemoglobin electrophoresis is a test used to measure and identify the different types of haemoglobin present in the blood
Today is World Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Day
A rare genetic disease, it affects 1 in 5,000 newborn boys. Duchenne muscular dystrophy causes progressive degeneration of muscles. There is currently no cure
Creaking joints: why and when to worry?
It has probably happened to everyone that their joints creak with small and sometimes disturbing noises that appear suddenly when performing common gestures, such as bending down to pick something up or turning one's head to look away
The most common form of nephritis: acute post-infectious glomerulonephritis
Acute post-infectious glomerulonephritis (GNA) is the most common of the nephritis affecting children. It is most frequent after the third year of life
Transient ischaemic attack (TIA): what it is and how to deal with it
A transient ischaemic attack (TIA stands for transient ischaemic attack) is characterised by a temporary interruption or reduction in the blood supply to the brain
Pneumothorax and haemothorax: trauma to the thoracic cavity and its consequences
Pneumothorax and Hemothorax are collections of abnormal material (air and blood, respectively) within the chest (thoracic) cavity, in the space normally occupied by the tissue of the lungs
Pediatric brain tumors: types, causes, diagnosis and treatment
Pediatric brain tumors are masses or growths of abnormal cells that occur in a child's brain or the tissue and structures that are near it