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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.
Family hypercholesterolemia: what it is and how to treat it
Familial hypercholesterolemia, a rare genetic disease that causes serious health consequences (e.g. heart attack and stroke) that require appropriate containment measures with appropriate medication and an appropriate lifestyle.
Birth and COVID-19, what is the task of midwives in contexts of concern and tension? Some useful…
Birth and COVID-19, a theme that is worrying about those who work in the world of neonatology and, of course, future parents.
The International Council of Nurses (ICN) confirms 1,500 nurses have died from COVID-19 in 44…
The International Council of Nurses’ latest analysis shows that the number of nurses who have died after contracting COVID-19 is 1,500, up from 1,097 in August. The figure, which includes nurses from only 44 of the world’s 195 countries, is…
Reduction in heart failure hospitalization in Italy rate during coronavirus disease 19 pandemic…
Reduction in heart failure hospitalization in Italy: the recent coronavirus disease 19 (COVID‐19) pandemic outbreak forced the adoption of restraint measures, which modified the hospital admission patterns for several diseases. The aim of…
First aid in the workplace during the COVID-19 pandemic
COVID-19, first aid in the workplace: workers spend more than a third of their lifetime in the workplace. Customers and other visitors also spend a significant amount of time in workplaces. Health events requiring urgent intervention may…
COVID-19 in the UK: 500 test sites now ready to boost national test capacity
COVID-19 in the UK. The announcement of new partnership agreements with 4 London university labs will increase testing capacity by tens of thousands over the winter.
Ambulance nurse and ethical conflicts: a study from Sweden
Working as an ambulance nurse involves facing ethically problematic situations with multi-dimensional suffering, requiring the ability to create a trustful relationship. This entails a need to be clinically trained in order to identify…
Migrants from Guatemala and Honduras assisted by the Red Cross
The Guatemalan and Honduran Red Cross Societies are providing assistance and care to hundreds of migrants who have crossed the border from Honduras to Guatemala.
Nobel Prize for Medicine to scientists who discovered Hepatitis C virus
This year's Nobel Prize for Medicine was awarded to the three scientists who discovered the Hepatitis C virus, an infectious disease that affects the liver and still causes 400,000 deaths worldwide each year.
COVID-19 in Spain: debates on new restrictions by the Ministry of Health
The Ministry of Health of Spain established new COVID-19 restrictions for municipalities with more than 100,000 inhabitants, with a high rate of infections on Wednesday at 10:48 p.m. The requirements to enforce them should start to be…