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Broken or cracked ribs: a blow to the chest during a football match with friends or a walk in the mountains, but also a fall during housework; then pain in the ribs and shortness of breath

Heart failure and artificial intelligence: a special artificial intelligence (AI)-based computer algorithm created by Mount Sinai researchers was able to learn how to identify subtle changes in electrocardiograms (also known as ECGs or…

When patients with acute stroke symptoms are treated on a mobile stroke unit (MSU) and receive anti-clot medication faster, they have less disability at 90 days, reported a recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine co-authored by…

Broken heart syndrome, a life-threatening condition whose symptoms mimic a heart attack, is on the upswing, according to new research that shows the sharpest increases among women 50 and older

Rescue operations, a new model for cooperation between helicopters and drones in interventions

Diabetes, or diabetes mellitus, is a chronic condition caused by an individual's inability to produce his or her daily requirement of insulin, a hormone from the pancreas that regulates the level of sugar (glucose, which is a kind of fuel…

Paediatrics, childhood tumours: a team of researchers from the Sapienza University of Rome have succeeded in demonstrating the efficacy of two drugs for the suppression of MYCN tumour cells, the origin of neuroblastoma and childhood…

In Italy, 23% of women over 40 and 14% of men over 60 suffer from osteoporosis; it affects an estimated 5,000,000 Italians, 80% of whom are post-menopausal women

The diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine may have beneficial effects by protecting against Sars-CoV-2 and Covid-19 disease

In the last year there has been a boom in the number of minors entering emergency rooms for neuropsychiatric reasons

Tenolysis is a surgical procedure that aims to free the tendons from surrounding adhesions in order to restore their gliding and thus digital movement. Physiotherapy may be used prior to surgery to remove these adhesions and restore…

The importance of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: over 400,000 people in Europe suffer an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest every year, 60,000 in Italy alone

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine disorder of the reproductive age. It is a fairly common condition that affects 5-10% of women of childbearing age and can adversely affect metabolism and reproductive capacity

Let's talk about eyesight. Myopia, strabismus and 'lazy eye': at birth, our eyes are fully formed, but our visual capacity is still immature

Pontiff asks 'Big Pharma' multinationals to "allow every human being to have access to vaccine"

Third dose of Covid vaccine for Giorgio Parisi. The physicist from Sapienza University received the additional dose to complete the primary vaccination cycle: "It is essential for those who are particularly at risk due to age or pathology"

The therapeutic effect of sport on the psychological sphere seems evident: it is fundamental for the harmonious development of the personality, it is an instrument of education, socialisation, balance and therapy, it is fundamental in the…

Researchers from UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) consider that the death of 200 people during a research with proxalutamide in the treatment of Covid, in Amazonas, could be one of the “most serious…

Africa: "In Burkina Faso, there was great enthusiasm when the malaria vaccine was announced. It is considered a national vaccine, because the country participated in the first trial

Emergency Expo On The Air, the eagerly awaited "live radio" programme of Emergency Expo starts today at 4 p.m. Italian time

Pancreatitis can be acute or chronic. How can these two forms of the disease be recognised and treated?

Loss of consciousness is undoubtedly the most frightening clinical sign because the patient appears to be dead

Chronic hip pain can be a symptom of coxalgia, which can be resolved with a dedicated surgical intervention

Melanoma is a tumour that often arises from moles. The dermatologist explains the types of melanoma, how it is diagnosed and the treatments available

Heart murmurs: a widespread condition that can be a physiological 'noise' or a warning sign of a heart condition

Ghb is a substance that was initially used to combat addiction. It is not classified as a drug

Following the arrival of the Taliban at the helm of Afghanistan, many countries, including Italy, set up an airlift to evacuate fellow citizens and collaborators who, precisely because they were collaborators, ended up on the black lists of…

Emergency Live and RadioEMS announce the arrival of a new radio programme dedicated to the world of rescue and emergency.

Ocular myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease involving eyes and eyelids

Fibromyalgia from Long Covid: termed 'FibroCovid': among the main risk factors for developing it are male gender and obesity

"Spotting" or "atypical bleeding" are the words that define the bleeding that can occur between menstrual cycles, after intercourse or during menopause

Flu 2021: the return to 'almost' normality and the relaxation of prescriptions from Covid, favoured by the good performance of the vaccination campaign, could favour the return of influenza this year. What will the 2021-2022 flu be like?

Ozanimod study: Ulcerative rectocolitis is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting the last part of the intestine and for which there is still no effective long-term treatment, especially in severe cases

Covid, are the statistics true in Italy? According to virologist Crisanti, the death figures are contradictory to the number of infected people, which he says are currently between 15 and 20 thousand a day in Italy

The term tumour, or cancer, does not refer to a single disease, but to a group of different diseases that can affect almost any cell in the body

Even today, after more than 120 years of history, aspirin cardio remains a mainstay of secondary prevention in patients who have had a cardiovascular event such as a stroke or heart attack

Pediatric acute-onset childhood neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS) describes the clinical presentation of a subcategory of childhood obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). PANS syndrome may also be a subcategory of avoidant/restrictive eating…

Scene evaluation skills for the purpose of self-protection, correct identification of hazards and needs, recognition of the dynamics of the event for the formulation of the suspicion of organ damage

In the event of a flood, it is necessary for the Civil Protection association to have a certain number of vehicles for this service, with specific equipment. Here is a "home-made" example after the flood experience in Parma

The Civil Protection exercise SIQUAKE is back in Slovenia: the Slovenian organisers, as the name of the initiative suggests, refine the techniques of response in a very specific maxi emergency, the earthquake

Sudden infant death without any scientific explanation is known as SIDS, or Sudden Infant Death Sundrome

Data from the Covid-19 Registry of the Italian Society of Neonatology (Sin), as already noted in 2020, confirm an increase in premature births to infected women of 11.2%, compared to the prematurity rate of uninfected women of 6.9%

INTAV at Reas 2021: sound and light devices are perhaps the topic of the topics in recent months in the world of emergency and rescue

Emergency Live meets Volkswagen: our magazine discovers one of the most important body builders in the special vehicles sector, fundamental in the ambulance sector

ZOLL is in Montichiari (Brescia): the booth at Reas 2021 of the leading company in cardiopulmonary resuscitation is in Hall 5 - Stand B30 - c29

Reas 2021 has opened its doors, and there are many novelties presented by the exhibitors. Among the exhibitors Mariani Fratelli stands out for its new ambulance for advanced medical assistance

HEMS in USA: Global Medical Response (GMR) will add a total of 21 Airbus helicopters from the H125, H130 and H135 families to its growing air medical fleet, with options to include up to an additional 23 helicopters, bringing the total…

Sanofi Pasteur research analysed the antibody response in 300 participants who received the flu vaccine together with the third dose of the Covid-19 serum

Pathological anxiety and panic attacks: 8.5 million Italians have suffered from anxiety disorders, the most common psychiatric disorder in countries like Italy, at least once in their lives

Let's talk about transfusion complications: blood transfusion can be carried out on the ward, in the day hospital or at home, the procedure is regulated by law from the taking of blood from the donor to the actual transfusion

The therapeutic properties of oxygen-ozone therapy. Fibromyalgia is a disorder that mainly affects women, occurring in adulthood (but before the menopause) and manifesting itself in severe muscular pain radiating to various parts of the…

What is gastroesophageal reflux disease? Gastroesophageal reflux disease is a disorder characterised by acid or bile content from the stomach rising into the oesophagus, causing a range of symptoms including burning in the back and…

Let's talk about HPV, the papilloma virus: according to Caterina Ricci, a specialist in gynaecological oncology, HPV prevention and lower genital tract pathologies, the serum lowers the risk of recurrence in women who have already…

This year, we opened the  EENA Conference & Exhibition 2021   in a very special way. Emergency services officials from all over Europe were awarded with EENA’s medal of honour for Distinguished Service during COVID-19 – a touching…

EDM, the ambulance fitting company based in Forlì, is putting its cards on the table and presenting itself at Reas 2021 with an irresistible offer for those who want a good-looking, high-performance and affordable rescue vehicle

TRALI stands for Transfusion-related acute lung injury, a rare and unclear transfusion-related complication

Vaccine against malaria: the disease kills around half a million people every year, almost all in sub-Saharan Africa

Obsessive-compulsive symptoms and Covid: an open webinar on Sunday 10 October

Certainly, it is the spearhead of the Orion fleet: we are talking about Maxima, of course. An ambulance that represents really a dream for Italian rescuers

Amaxophobia (from the ancient Greek amaxos, "chariot") is the disabling fear of driving a vehicle. Clinically, it is possible to classify amaxophobia, in the DSM-5 (American Psychiatric Association, 2015) and in the ICD-10 (World Health…

Become a firefighter in Italy: the path is complex and requires great preparation: firefighters, all over the world and in Italy too, carry out a difficult and complex job, and the people selected must be able to do it

Greta Thunberg, the young activist, and Francesco Rocca, President of the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) and the Italian Red Cross, together in a video and appeal

Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome: the main symptom is occasional tachycardia in a heart that is not necessarily diseased

Robots, and all products of research and technological innovation in general, are certainly the future of intervention in emergency scenarios of any kind

Atrial fibrillation is the most common arrhythmia in the general population and its prevalence tends to increase with age

The purpose of breast self-examination is to allow every woman to get to know herself, so that she can detect any changes in her breasts

Nobel Prize in Medicine 2021: the two Americans have been awarded for their discoveries on temperature and touch receptors

The governor of the state of Amazonas, Wilson Lira, has been charged by the Superior Court of Justice of Brazil with fraud in tenders for the purchase of pulmonary respirators, criminal organisation, embezzlement and tampering with…

Cardiovascular disease in Italy: Italians' hearts are increasingly at risk: cardiovascular disease is still the leading cause of death in Italy, accounting for 34.8% of all deaths (31.7% in men and 37.7% in women)

Head trauma in children is the main cause of death in paediatric age, paediatricians tell us: one out of ten patients in childhood enters hospital for this reason

Water and medical care for the population of Haiti: more than a month after the devastating earthquake (7.2 magnitude) struck Haiti on 14 August, the country's emergency is far from over

The pharmaceutical company Msd is in the process of submitting an emergency application to the US fda and is in contact with other regulatory agencies worldwide

Bone cysts, an early warning sign may be fractures not commensurate with the extent of the trauma that caused them. This was discussed at the Sitop orthopaedic congress

Ebstein's anomaly is a very rare congenital heart malformation, accounting for just 1% of all congenital heart diseases

High blood pressure affects more than a billion people worldwide and can cause serious cardiovascular and cerebrovascular complications

Zanin: "Emergency is not in Afghanistan to judge, we are not interested in good or bad people, we do not ask people who come to the hospital why they have been injured, we are not interested, our job is to get them out alive"

Yesterday morning, shortly before 8 a.m., a violent storm hit the city of Forlì. Several fire brigade interventions

The prosecutor Andrea Bonomo has asked for a 30-year sentence for murder against Agatino Scalisi, one of the stretcher-bearers charged in the Catania public prosecutor's enquiry

In the DSM V, pyromania is classified as an impulse control and conduct disorder, and it appears to be based on an intense obsession with fire, flames and their effects

Tethered drones up to 45 metres that rescuers will send to the intervention scenario, giving them a complete picture and enabling them to make more informed decisions about priorities

Angina pectoris can be the expression of a narrowing of the coronary arteries and the warning sign of a myocardial infarction. Word to the cardiologist

Poisonous mushroom poisoning: although mushrooms are not only eaten in the autumn, but are eaten all year round, the months after the summer months certainly see an increase in the availability of this "fruit of the earth" and the…

In Italy, cardiovascular diseases are the cause of about 35.8% of annual deaths. An important risk that should not be underestimated, but about which there are still misunderstandings and gaps in information, especially when it comes to…

The WHO regional director for Africa denounces: "Additional doses to those already vaccinated are political decisions that take precedence over scientific knowledge"

Accessibility and emergency, the NG112 system: deaf or hard of hearing people are strongly penalised when they have a medical emergency and have to make the emergency call

The Italian Red Cross project for free swabs closes today, Thursday 30 September, as scheduled

Documentary on the first Covid wave in Bergamo wins the International Emmy Awards: the work by journalist Stuart Ramsay won the prestigious international award in the "News" category

Heart transplant for Covid baby: the little girl's heart was severely affected by the Covid infection she contracted when she was four months old in February

Cardiac amyloidosis: the disease is caused by an abnormal protein (amyloid) whose deposits in cardiac tissue make it difficult for the heart to work properly

Breastfeeding and Covid: anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies are transmitted from mother to baby through milk

You may come across a person, known or unknown, who has suffered a trauma. A situation that sometimes requires intervention, which must be as little clumsy as possible: awareness is essential

Let's talk about arthrosis: rhizoarthrosis is a pathology that affects the thumb, causes severe pain in the finger and restricts its use, especially in twisting movements, such as opening the coffee machine or the door knob

It has five hundred million neurons and is known as 'the second brain': we are talking about the intestine, an organ that is important not only for digestion, but also from an immunological point of view, for the production of hormones and…

Coeliac disease is a chronic autoimmune disease that causes an immune reaction in the body to gluten intake

Myomas or uterine fibroids are very common benign and often asymptomatic neoformations resulting from an excessive proliferation of smooth muscle tissue

Defibrillator in the company, with OT23 2021 Inail insurance costs are lowered to the point of completely amortising the investment cost: a guide to the INAIL model for companies

Italy / Third dose to the elderly, nursing homes and health workers: as a 'booster' dose will be used any of the two m-RNA vaccines authorised in Italy (BioNTech/Pfizer and Moderna)

Vamping is rampant: according to research carried out by Omceo Venezia and Fondazione Ars Medica, more than one in three young people, 35.7%, are victims of a sort of 'vampirism': they surf on social networks and watch videos and TV series…

A concise critical appraisal reviews an article in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine that investigated the effectiveness of awake prone positioning to prevent intubation or death in patients with severe COVID-19

Stroke diagnosis: Adelaide company Micro-X (MX1) has started developing a small CT brain scanner that can be fitted in ambulances and emergency aircraft