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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.
Seasickness or car sickness: what causes motion sickness?
Motion sickness is a complex of symptoms that usually includes nausea, often accompanied by vague abdominal discomfort, vomiting, confusion, pallor, diaphoresis and related symptoms
Allergic asthma: causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
Allergic asthma is an inflammatory disease of the respiratory system caused by the presence of allergens: pollen, dust, dust mites, pet dander, etc.
Skin: what to do in case of folliculitis?
Folliculitis is an inflammation of the hair follicles, often promoted by retained hair (ingrown hairs), for example in areas of the skin that are particularly irritated by hair removal, often associated with the proliferation of bacteria…
How can fibromyalgia be distinguished from chronic fatigue?
Fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue: Widespread muscle and joint pain, feeling of continuous fatigue, sleep disturbances, headaches, memory and attention difficulties. These are some of the symptoms common to fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue…
Virtual reality in the treatment of anxiety: a pilot study
At the beginning of 2022, a pilot study was conducted and published in the Journal of Primary Care and Community Health on 2 April, which investigated the effects, and differences, in the use of video and virtual reality devices in the…
Pee colour: causes, diagnosis and when to worry if your urine is dark
Is the colour of pee something to worry about? Urine is the end product of the filtration and secretion work of the kidney
Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS): How is a score assessed?
The GCS, or Glasgow Coma Scale, was described in 1974 by Graham Teasdale and Bryan Jennett (Assessment of coma and impaired consciousness. A practical scale. Lancet 1974; 2:81-4.) as a method of assigning a score, or level, of consciousness…
Primary, secondary and hypertensive spontaneous pneumothorax: causes, symptoms, treatment
Pneumothorax (PNX) is a sudden-onset condition characterised by the presence of air in the pleural space (i.e. the virtual space between the two pleural leaflets that line the lung and chest wall)
Difference between compound, dislocated, exposed and pathological fracture
In medicine, a fracture is the partial or total interruption of the continuity of a bone in the body, caused by trauma (traffic accidents, falls), pathology (tumour) or stress (from repeated microtrauma in a bone with normal mechanical…
Spinal shock: causes, symptoms, risks, diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, death
Spinal distribution shock: 'shock' in medicine refers to a syndrome, i.e. a set of symptoms and signs, caused by reduced perfusion at a systemic level with an imbalance between oxygen availability and its demand at a tissue level