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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.
Notions of First Aid, the 5 warning signs of a heart attack
The risk of heart attack and heart disease can be avoided if the signs are picked up early: recognising them naturally speeds up the call for help and significantly increases the victim's chance of survivalEven a healthy heart can succumb…
Notions of First Aid: the 3 symptoms of a pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary embolism is a serious yet treatable medical condition that occurs when a blood clot forms in the lungs’ blood vessels. It is essential to recognize the signs and symptoms of this condition, as timely diagnosis and treatment can…
Philophobia, the fear of love
What is philophobia? Every human being is afraid of something, some are even afraid to love. Sometimes what the human mind perceives as a threat is the unpredictable, the unknown, because what is unknown is seen as uncontrollable
Heartburn: symptoms, causes and treatment
In medical language, it is called heartburn but is more simply known as 'stomach acidity'. It is an extremely common symptom that, sooner or later, happens to everyone at least once in their life
Electroretinogram: what it is and when it is needed
The electroretinogram is an ophthalmic test performed to assess the sensitivity of the retina, the part of the eye that converts light stimuli into electrical signals that are sent to the brain, enabling vision
Chest pain, emergency patient management
Chest pain, or chest discomfort, is the fourth most common emergency that EMS professionals respond to, accounting for about 10% of all EMS calls
Cluster headache: how to recognise and manage it?
Sudden onset and extreme intensity: these are the main characteristics of cluster headache
Cold urticaria: let's find out 5 things about 'cold allergy'
Can one be sensitive to cold? The answer is yes. Cold urticaria tells about the condition of many people
Kidney function: what is azotemia?
Azotemia refers to the concentration of urea in the blood. Urea is a waste product of the liver resulting from protein metabolism
Echotomography of carotid axes
Echotomography of the carotid axes is an inexpensive, non-invasive and therefore easily repeatable test that allows the determination of carotid damage in the preclinical phase and with it a staging of the patient with arterial hypertension