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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.
Burns, first aid: how to intervene, what to do
Burns are tissue damage from hot liquids, the sun, flames, chemicals, electricity, steam and other causes. Kitchen-related injuries from hot drinks, soups and microwaved foods are common among children
Compensated, decompensated and irreversible shock: what they are and what they determine
Sometimes, shock is difficult to identify in its early phases and the patient can transition into decompensated shock before you realize. Sometimes that transition occurs prior to our arrival to the scene
Tetralogy of Fallot: diagnosis, prenatal diagnosis and differential diagnosis
Tetralogy of Fallot (pronounced "Fallot's tetralogy") also known as "Steno-Fallot tetralogy" or "blue child syndrome" or "quadrilogy of Fallot" (hence the acronym TOF or ToF) is a congenital heart malformation, i.e. already present at…
Analgesic mesotherapy: what it is, when it is needed and how it is performed
Analgesic mesotherapy is an outpatient treatment involving the administration of drugs to relieve pain intradermally in cases of muscle contractures, low back pain, tension-type headaches, tendinopathies, post-traumatic pain
Diagnosis and treatment for adult scoliosis
Adult scoliosis is a deformity of the spinal column in a three-dimensional sense, due to vertebral flexion that results in the patient's curvature both frontally (laterally leaning or true scoliosis) and sagittally (curved back with hump or…
Haemorrhoids: the newest tests and treatments to treat them
Haemorrhoids are a much more frequent problem than one might think. According to studies, it is estimated that as much as 10% of the world's adult population is affected, and the incidence is prevalent among those over 50 years of age
Respiratory distress: What Are the Signs of Respiratory Distress in Newborns?
Respiratory distress: for adults and children, respiratory diseases are typically just a minor annoyance. For neonates, they can be fatal
What does syndactyly mean and how does it manifest itself?
Syndactyly represents one of the most widespread congenital malformations characterised by the fusion of 1 or more fingers in the hands and/or feet
Oxygen-ozone therapy: for which pathologies is it indicated?
Oxygen-ozone therapy uses a gaseous mixture of oxygen and ozone: it has an anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving action. Here is when it is indicated
Equipment Used By Emergency Medical Services
Emergency Medical Services require specialized equipment to aid in the provision of emergency care. Despite some of this equipment at times being seen on television programs or in news features, what the equipment is and what it is used for…