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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.
Precordial thump: meaning, when to do it, guidelines
The precordial thump is a manual mechanical cardioversion technique, characterised by the administration of a punch to the sternum at heart level, used in extreme emergency conditions and in the absence of an electric defibrillator
What is takotsubo cardiomyopathy (broken heart syndrome)?
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, which some people call broken heart syndrome, is a sudden stress-induced heart condition. Although it is not a heart attack, it can cause similar symptoms
MSF: Mental health needs grow in Ukraine after 100 days of war
After 100 days of the war in Ukraine, our mental health teams across the country are raising the alarm on the worrying psychological symptoms they are seeing
Giant hypertrophic gastritis (Ménétrier disease): causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Giant hypertrophic gastritis (also called 'Ménétrier's disease' or 'giant hypertrophic gastritis with hypoproteinemia'; in English 'Ménétrier's disease' or 'giant hypertrophic gastritis', hence the acronym GHG), is a rare, acquired disease…
Shaken baby syndrome: the very serious damage of violence on the newborn child
Shaken baby syndrome (also called by the acronym SBS, or abusive head trauma or shaken baby syndrome) is a very serious form of physical abuse, mainly - but not exclusively - intra-familial abuse of children generally under one year of age…
Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS): therapy, mechanical ventilation, monitoring
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (hence the acronym 'ARDS') is a respiratory pathology caused by various causes and characterised by diffuse damage to the alveolar capillaries leading to severe respiratory failure with arterial…
War and prisoner psychopathologies: stages of panic, collective violence, medical interventions
The term 'war psychopathology' in psychiatry and psychology refers to all pathological psychic manifestations, both individual and collective, with immediate or delayed onset, and with transient or long-lasting evolution, that have a…
Kidney stones: what they are, how to treat them
Kidney stone formation: kidney stones, also known as lithiasis, is one of the most common and oldest diseases of the urinary tract
Biological and chemical agents in warfare: knowing and recognising them for appropriate health…
Biological warfare refers to the use of microbiological and chemical agents for hostile purposes. Such use is banned by international law but has become topical again given its use in the war in Ukraine
Stress factors for the emergency nursing team and coping strategies
Nurses and stress: nurses working in the emergency sector live in constant contact with people in critical situations