Health

What are ostomies? The word "ostomy" (in English "stoma") comes from the Greek and means "opening". It is the result of a surgical procedure through which an opening is created through the skin, thus allowing various elements (gas, urine,…

Benign  Paroxysmal positional vertigo or BPPV is the most common form of vertigo. It manifests itself as vertigo (dizziness) with a sudden onset, strong intensity and lasting seconds or tens of seconds (paroxysmal), triggered by movements,…

Due to the potential severity of the diseases that are associated with chest pain and the difficulty of finding the exact cause of pain in the field, there are several medications that are frequently given in the EMS setting by EMT, AEMT,…

Plaques in the throat are yellowish-white manifestations of the mucous membrane covering the tonsils and sometimes the back of the pharynx

Obesity is a chronic, serious and debilitating disease that affects about 11% of the Italian population, a number that is constantly increasing

As small as they are insidious, they appear especially in hot weather: we are talking about lice and ticks, annoying and sometimes even dangerous parasites for humans. In particular, the tick bite should not be underestimated: although it…

By definition gastritis is inflammation of the stomach lining (gastro = stomach, it is = inflammation). For years it was thought that gastritis and reflux (GERD) were practically the same thing

Autistic disorder (know also as infantile autism or childhood autism) almost always develops before the age of three and is characterized by impaired verbal and non-verbal communication, social interaction, some form of repetitive and…

Let’s talk about Heart Attack: you’ve watched a heart attack happen in films and on TV enough times to know how they’re scary—but Hollywood’s “reel” life does not always reflect real life

Chest injuries are responsible for 25% of all traumatic deaths annually. It is important for all EMS providers to be suspicious and vigilant when faced with a chest trauma patient