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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.
How to measure blood pressure correctly? The digital blood pressure monitor explained to the citizen
The blood pressure monitor is a device that is recognised by medical specialists because it allows blood pressure to be monitored accurately
Palpitations: causes and management of palpitations
When you have a conscious perception of your heartbeat or feel an irregular rhythm of the same, we speak of palpitations
Vaginismus: causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
Vaginismus is a conditioned reaction that probably results from the association of pain and fear with attempts at vaginal penetration or even with penetration fantasy alone
Kidney semiotics: Glenard's Manoeuvre
The Glenard manoeuvre (or technique) is used in medical semeiotics to perform palpation of the kidneys
What are skin tags?
Skin tags are small growths, not dangerous to health, which, however, can cause stress and discomfort
Guyon's test (three-glass test): what it is and what it indicates in relation to haematuria
The Guyon test (or 'three-glass test') is a diagnostic investigation used in medical semeiotics, which is used when there is blood in the urine (haematuria), to identify its origin
Semeiotics of the heart: history in the complete cardiac physical examination
The objective examination of the heart includes auscultation, inspection and percussion, but to arrive at a diagnosis the doctor checks the history and may prescribe exams
What is genital prolapse?
Genital prolapse refers to the descent of the pelvic organs through the vaginal canal. To better understand how it happens, it is useful to frame the functioning of the pelvic floor
Pathologies of the kidney: what are positive and negative Giordano's sign
The Giordano manoeuvre is a manoeuvre used in medical semeiotics to investigate the presence of kidney pain; it is named after the physician Davide Giordano, who was active in the first half of the 1900s
Electrical cardioversion: what it is, when it saves a life
Electrical cardioversion, CVE, is a therapeutic procedure used to restore normal heart rhythm in patients with atrial fibrillation, flutter, or tachycardia and in whom pharmacological cardioversion has failed