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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.
Surgical interventions: what is minimally invasive vitrectomy?
Vitrectomy is a surgery of the posterior segment of the eyeball (vitreous cavity) that consists of the removal of the vitreous gel
Panic attack patient: How to manage panic attacks?
A panic attack is a complex disorder that triggers real crises accompanied by physical and psychological symptoms. It is not uncommon for a rescuer to be confronted with a patient who is having a panic attack
Pneumococcal vaccine: what it is and how it works
What is the pneumococcal vaccine? The term pneumococcus commonly refers to the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae, which is widespread in the upper airways of adults and children
Heart disease: first study on Brugada syndrome in children under 12 from Italy
Brugada syndrome in children under 12: the study, published in Hearth Rhythm, allows a more accurate assessment of the risks associated with the heart disease and the effectiveness of prevention measures
Dry eyes in winter: what causes dry eye in this season?
Dry eye syndrome is particularly common in winter. Basically, it is an alteration in the balance that regulates the secretion of the tear film, resulting in a poor distribution of the quantity and quality of tears
Recognising the signs of compulsive shopping: let's talk about oniomania
Compulsive shopping, the out-of-control need to spend, buy, buy more and more, so much so that you sometimes don't know what to do with what you've got
Active ingredients / Acitretin: when to use, what is it used for and what side effects does it have?
Acitretin is distributed through the bloodstream in the body and bound to plasma proteins
Clostridium difficile infection: what it is, what diseases it is linked to
Clostridium difficile is an anaerobic, Gram-positive bacterium that is physiologically present in the bacterial flora of the vagina and intestines
Pain in rheumatologic diseases: manifestations and treatment
In Italy, rheumatologic diseases affect more than 5 million people (mainly women over 65) and are manifested in most cases by pain in the locomotor apparatus (joints and muscles), roughly divided into those secondary to arthritis, arthrosis…
Gastroscopy: what the examination is for and how it is performed
Gastroscopy, or examination of the stomach, is useful for confirming or ruling out diseases such as gastritis, ulcers or tumours of the oesophagus, stomach or duodenum