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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.
What is amnioinfusion?
Amnioinfusion is a procedure that adds amniotic fluid to your uterus during labor. Not having enough amniotic fluid can cause pregnancy and delivery complications. It’s only performed in a certain circumstances
Chemical Burns: First Aid Treatment and Prevention Tips
Chemical burns must be treated as a medical emergency. This is because many chemicals commonly used at home, school, or work can cause severe burns to the skin and may cause deeper burns than they look
Food Poisoning: Know the Symptoms and First Aid Treatment
When you are exposed to a harmful substance, it can lead to poisoning. This can be due to injecting, swallowing, breathing, or other means
Head trauma and brain injuries in childhood: a general overview
Brain and head injuries in childhood aren’t something a parent wants to experience. These injuries can severely affect a child’s physical, cognitive, and emotional well-being
Uncontrolled eating: what is BED (binge eating disorder)
Binge eating disorder, or BED, is the most important pathological manifestation of eating behaviour included in the category of atypical eating disorders
Headache: symptoms and types
Headache is the medical term for headache. Although ordinary people talk generically about headaches, in reality it is not a single problem: in fact, there are many different forms of headache
High Blood Pressure, when to seek emergency care
Hypertension: High blood pressure increases the risk of heart disease and stroke, two of the leading causes of death in Western countries
Coloboma: what it is, symptoms, causes, treatment
Coloboma is a rare condition affecting the eye: it is a malformation that can affect various eye structures such as the iris, choroid, retina and optic nerve
Abdominal Health Emergencies, warning signs and symptoms
It can be easy to blame your abdominal pain on indigestion or stress. But sometimes the pain is more serious, and you’ll need to see a doctor to diagnose appendicitis or any other more serious abdominal conditions
Heart disease: the atrial septal defect
In the presence of an atrial sept defect, the wall separating the atria in the heart, normally intact, has a defect that causes the heart organ to overwork