Why Use Barrier Device When Giving CPR
Watching an emergency where a stranger gives mouth-to-mouth CPR to the victim raises the importance of using a barrier device
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first responder, volunteers and people who did not attend to a BLS course, who need information for fast and correct first aid treatment.
Firefighters: USA’s 1st all-electric fire engine arrives in Los Angeles
It was a historic day in Los Angeles on Saturday, May 14, with the unveiling of the Fire Department’s newest addition to its fleet — the country’s first all-electric fire engine
Ukraine, Health Ministry disseminates information on how to provide first aid in case of phosphorus…
War in Ukraine, Russian aggressors allegedly used banned weapons such as phosphorus devices during their invasion war. This necessitated the issuing of instructions to citizens by the Ministry of Health in Kiev
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…
Multiple rib fracture, Flail chest (rib volet) and pneumothorax: an overview
Multiple rib fracture, Flail chest (rib volet) and pneumothorax: when a rib fracture is multiple, i.e. affecting several ribs, it can lead to the development of a potentially fatal medical condition, identified by the term 'rib volet'
Code black in the emergency room: what does it mean in different countries of the world?
To understand the concept of 'code black', it is first necessary to understand the concept of 'triage'. Triage is a system used in Emergency Departments and DEAs (Emergency and Acceptance Departments) to select those involved in accidents…
Basic life support (BTLS) and advanced life support (ALS) to the trauma patient
Basic trauma life support (BTLS): basic trauma life support (hence the acronym SVT) is a rescue protocol generally used by rescuers and aimed at the first treatment of injured persons who have suffered trauma, i.e. an event caused by a…
Exoskeletons (SSM) aim to relieve rescuers' spines: the choice of fire brigades in Germany
In order to offer emergency services the best possible protection during back fatigue activities, the fire brigade in Düsseldorf, Germany, is now using the so-called Spine Support Module (SSM)
First aid and BLS (Basic Life Support): what it is and how to do it
Cardiac massage is a medical technique that, together with other techniques, enables BLS, which stands for Basic Life Support, a set of actions that provide first aid to people who have suffered a trauma, such as a car accident, cardiac…
Cervical collar in trauma patients in emergency medicine: when to use it, why it is important
The term "cervical collar" (cervical collar or neck brace) is used in medicine to indicate a medical device that is worn to prevent movement of the patient's cervical vertebrae when physical trauma to the head-neck-trunk axis is suspected…