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Abdominal pain is pain that occurs between the chest and pelvic regions. Abdominal pain can be crampy, achy, dull, intermittent, or sharp. It’s also called a stomachache

Barotrauma is tissue damage caused by a change related to the pressure of gases in body compartments. It can affect the ear (causing ear pain, hearing loss, and/or vestibular symptoms) or sinuses (causing pain and congestion)

The Lancet on Covid: 'Vaccine should not replace use of safety devices, spacing and tracking'

Knowing how to perform first aid is essential. However, the procedure for adults may be different for a toddler whose body is smaller and is still developing

Fetal alcohol syndrome is a condition in a child that results from alcohol exposure during the mother's pregnancy

The Dubai Corporation for Ambulance Services (DCAS) today unveiled the ‘HyperSport Responder’, the world’s fastest and most expensive ambulance responder, at Expo 2020 Dubai. Manufactured in the UAE, the Lykan HyperSport supercar is the…

Omicron variant infections widely prevalent in Italy: Gianni Rezza, director general for prevention at the Ministry of Health, comments on the data from the steering committee

Red or whitish spots that tend to flake and cause itching? It could be actinic keratosis

The patch test is the fundamental examination for the diagnosis of allergic contact dermatitis, a pathological condition of the skin with manifestations similar to other forms of eczema, whether irritative or atopic

Testicular cancer is considered a rare neoplasm, but it is also one of the most frequent in young people, particularly between the ages of 15 and 34: in fact, around 2000 cases are diagnosed in Italy each year

At birth, every child undergoes neonatal screening: this is one of the most important preventive actions carried out by the National Health System, which enables the early detection of rare genetic diseases

When treating a patient after smoke inhalation, be aware that the toxic products of combustion damage the airways and/or cause metabolic effects

Anti-Covid-19 pill: based on laboratory studies, Pfizer's Paxlovid is also expected to be active against Omicron and other variants

First doses have already been administered in a clinical trial of experimental HIV vaccine antigens at George Washington University (GWU), School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington DC

The five-blade Airbus BK117-D3 named Pelikan 3 was put into operation at the Lasa helicopter base

Spinal immobilisation is one of the great skills that the emergency medical technician must master. For many years now, all victims who had suffered trauma have been immobilised and, because of the type of accident, according to the…

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Rome, 16 October 1943. In the capital city, 'K's disease' made its appearance, a very unusual disease. So unusual that... it doesn't exist!

Pulmonary interstitial disease is a group of around 300 diseases, which differ in their clinical and radiological manifestations, as well as in their treatment approach

Marfan syndrome is a systemic disease that affects about 1 in every 5,000 people. It is caused by a genetic mutation with repercussions in various systems of the body, from the cardiovascular to the articular system

A new 4X4 Desert ambulance – a one of its kind service — was launched on Monday at the Arab Health 2022

Horner's syndrome is characterised by ptosis, miosis and anhydrosis due to dysfunction of cervical sympathetic output

Pulmonary embolism diagnosis: according to a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data published online on 14 December in Annals of Internal Medicine, diagnostic strategies for suspected pulmonary embolism (PE) with…

A good story from the USA of solidarity and support for ambulance workers under pressure from the Covid emergency: high school students from rural New York are the protagonists

WHO Director Ghebreyesus on vaccine shortages in Africa: "Unacceptable. To date, 85 countries in the world have failed to reach the 40% immunization threshold"

Armadillo Merino® is the English Company that designs and manufactures the most advanced next-to-skin system in the world, specialized in skin protective clothing that uses the unique properties of merino wool

The impact of the Covid emergency on the need for nurses: new report calls for global action plan to address nursing workforce crisis and prevent an avoidable healthcare disaster

De Quervain's tendonitis (or De Quervain's stenosing tenosynovitis) is an inflammation of two tendons in the wrist that make the thumb move, the long abductor and short extensor of the thumb

Episodes of recurrent fever are typical of autoinflammatory diseases such as PFAPA syndrome and should be suspected when the course is sudden and the temperature high

Echo Doppler is used to diagnose congenital heart disease, narrowing and aneurysms of blood vessels

ECMO is an extracorporeal circulation tool that can save the lives of children with severe heart or lung failure

Acebutolol is an antihypertensive beta-receptor blocker (also called 'beta-adrenergic blocker' or simply 'beta-blocker')

When it is not present from birth due to a congenital eyesight defect, impaired colour vision occurs when there is a sudden lesion in the optic pathways that may involve the optic nerve, macula, retina and choroid

Let's talk about pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum: barotrauma is tissue damage caused by a related change in gas pressure in body compartments

Sputnik and Pfizer vaccines: National Institute of Infectious Diseases clarifies that the research was carried out with its own resources and not from the Russian Investment Fund

Sinusitis: what causes it? The paranasal sinuses are cavities located in the thickness of the skull bones, connected to the nose by small ducts (osti) which allow mucus to pass through

South African study on variants reveals: headaches, throat, back, but also fatigue indicate Omicron

Antibiotic resistance, 1.2 million deaths in 2019: data published in a study in The Lancet

Aspiration syndrome in most cases is a sudden entry of acidic gastric contents into the respiratory tract (aspiration), causing a burn of the airways and often accompanied by the development of a critical condition in the patient

Pfizer's vaccine is the safest: the data refer to doses in Europe and were released by the EMEA. In second place is Moderna

Eye burns can occur after thermal or chemical injuries and can cause serious complications, including permanent blindness

Long Covid: the coronavirus, among the many repercussions it has on the psychophysical health of Italians, does not let them sleep soundly

High-biocontainment bus: a unique vehicle capable of transporting up to 41 potentially infectious people and 6 crew members in total safety

Epileptic seizures in paediatric patients: many rescuers will have had to manage this type of emergency and deal with the concern of the child and family members

An ambulance driver was caught at the Greek-Albanian border with 13 duffle bags containing 129 packets of cannabis

Anti-inflammatory drugs break into home care at Covid: "Faced with the alarm of many people who have contracted the virus and are at home, it must be remembered that this disease resolves itself independently and without the need to take…

Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is a rare disease characterized by extensive bone growth outside of the normal skeleton that pre-empts the body’s normal responses to even minor injuries

The new variant Omicron, first identified in South Africa at the end of November, has quickly spread around the world

Can the continuous alarm linked to Covid lead to an increase in hypochondria? Massimo Di Giannantonio, president emeritus of the Italian Society of Psychiatry: 'There is a danger of self-conditioning and perception of illness'

Heart and stroke patients: two years into the pandemic, researchers have learned a lot about how COVID-19 affects people with heart disease and stroke survivors. But like the coronavirus itself, what everyone needs to know keeps evolving

US paediatricians warn: 78% more Covid cases among children in one week

Advantec introduces the Hytera Multimode Advanced Radios family, the most comprehensive portfolio of hybrid terminals available on the market today

The small Pacific Island country of Tonga has been cut off from the rest of the world after an enormous volcanic eruption and subsequent tsunami hit the country on Saturday

Treatment of cervicalgia: physical and rehabilitative medicine deals with conditions that require rehabilitation without the need for surgery

Vitrectomy is a surgery of the posterior segment of the eyeball (vitreous cavity) that consists of the removal of the vitreous gel

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

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) explains that "there is currently no evidence of the need for a fourth dose in the general population". It warns: 'Short-term recalls may reduce antibodies'

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

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

1,000 health kits for caesarean section: the contingent of the Italian Support Mission in the Republic of Niger (MISIN) in aid of the national neonatal reference centre

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a disorder listed in the DSM-5 in the chapter on trauma and stress-related disorders

Fourth dose, some indication in Israel with regard to Omicron: study conducted at Sheba Medical Center shows that with a fourth dose of Pfizer or Moderna the level of antibodies increases but the defence against the virus remains partial

LUCAS Chest Compression: Cardiorespiratory arrest can affect anyone, anywhere, anytime. Every year in Europe, 17 to 53 out-of-hospital cardiorespiratory arrests (CRPs) are treated per 100,000 inhabitants

SICUR 2022 will showcase the latest technological developments and innovations in the security sector. Next February 22-25, 2022, the major international security exhibition will bring together the proposals of more than 500 companies from…

Estonia, the drone revolution: the functioning of Estonian companies largely depends on the 60 million kilometres of power lines on this planet

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

Kluge confirms that 50% of Europeans will have contracted Omicron by March: Italy is close to peak infection rate

Alcohol abuse or consumption is a factor that rescuers are constantly confronted with and have to take into account in their rescue work

Body cams are also appearing on the uniforms of ambulance crews in Northern Ireland: after the NHS took the decision a few months ago, NIAS is now considering the appropriateness of the measure

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

Acitretin is distributed through the bloodstream in the body and bound to plasma proteins

Clostridium difficile is an anaerobic, Gram-positive bacterium that is physiologically present in the bacterial flora of the vagina and intestines

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…

Using nanowires capable of acting as electrical bypasses to restore conduction in heart attacks. This is the basic idea behind research conducted by the team led by Michele Miragoli, Professor of Experimental and Applied Medical…

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

Few studies have investigated the relationship between environmental factors and the onset of Paranoid Personality Disorder (PDD)

The hexavalent vaccine is a single vaccine that is generally administered within the first year of life and protects against diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis, poliomyelitis, hepatitis B and haemophilus influenzae type B

The effects of prematurity can be greater and more frequent with lower gestational age and/or birth weight

Brain stroke and Covid-19: a correlation? In a rapid communication published at the end of April in the New England Journal of Medicine, neurologists in New York City reported five cases of stroke of the great cerebral arteries over a…

Raynaud's syndrome: fingers that turn white when exposed to cold, then redden and swell?

Acute bronchitis is usually viral, affects the bronchi in particular and is manifested mainly by coughing

Fractures of the growth plate or epiphyseal detachments: the growth plate cartilage allows the bones to grow longer but is a particularly fragile area of the bone. It is a frequent site of fractures in children

Covid, record number of deaths in Italy in the fourth wave: 360 deaths in the last 24 hours

Covid in disadvantaged countries: in Africa only 10% of the population is vaccinated, but in December more than 100 million doses were rejected or destroyed at risk. Unicef denounces storage problem

Intermittent explosive disorder (IED) is a behavioural disorder characterised by extreme, often uncontrollable expressions of anger that are out of proportion to the situation

The Health Department has started a ‘bike ambulance' facility in Jaipur city to deliver medicines at home to those infected with coronavirus

Kyrgyzstan Red Crescent launched an ambulance service in Bishkek for patients with symptoms of COVID-19

Let's talk about post-intensive care syndrome (PICS): perhaps never before has there been so much talk about intensive care as during this pandemic. We have become accustomed to the evening 'bulletin' of infections and admissions to…

Bruxism: in our lives, we have all experienced grinding, clenching or "rubbing" our teeth during the day or night

Tonsils: when should they be removed and when is it better to follow other therapies? In the past, tonsil and adenoid surgery was very common in pre-school and school-age children, so much so that it seemed almost a compulsory transition to…

Ethiopia, Tedros Ghebreyesus (WHO) on Tigray: "An insult to humanity, since last July it has not been possible to deliver medicines to the population"

TTTS or Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome is an acute illness characteristic of twins who share a placenta and is characterised by the abnormal passage of blood from one twin (donor) to the other (recipient)

Ten years ago, the photo of the Costa Concordia half-submerged in front of Giglio Island went around the world. It was the evening of 13 January 2012 when the cruise ship, which had set sail from Civitavecchia and was bound for Savona,…

Woman discovers she has a rare tumour during pregnancy: a story with a happy ending at the Policlinico of Milan

The Omicron variant is fuelling a rapid surge of COVID-19 across South Asia that threatens to overwhelm health systems still reeling from a deadly wave of the Delta variant last year

Corneal abrasions are superficial, self-limiting epithelial defects. The most frequent conjunctival and corneal lesions are foreign bodies and abrasions

Italy, increase in hospitalisations and deaths from Covid: "further surge of new cases that have exceeded 1.2 million, an increase of almost 50% compared to the previous week"

Flat feet are a common occurrence in young children and tend to reduce as they get older. When is it necessary to intervene?

Allergic conjunctivitis is an inflammation of the conjunctiva, very common in this season, which triggers annoying symptoms such as redness, burning and itching

Autism manifests itself in the first years of life. Parents may notice the child's difficulties in communicating and his repetitive and mechanical behaviour

US CDC report correlates the onset of type 1 diabetes and Covid infection in minors. The endocrinologist is set to become a key figure in dealing with post-Covid emergencies