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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 bronchoscopy and when is it used?
Bronchoscopy is a diagnostic test that is carried out by the doctor thanks to a specific instrument, the bronchoscope, which is introduced through the patient's mouth or nose
Emetophobia: the fear of vomiting
Although no one finds it amusing to feel physically ill, the flu or any other condition that causes nausea and potential vomiting (e.g. pregnancy) creates particular difficulties for individuals suffering from so-called 'vomiting phobia' or…
Allergy/hypersensitivity to heparin(s)
Heparins (unfractionated heparin UFH and low-molecular-weight heparin LMWH) are used for the treatment and prophylaxis of thromboembolic diseases for which additional anticoagulant drugs are available, such as semi-synthetic heparinoids…
Traumatic injury emergencies: what protocol for trauma treatment?
Instead, they are designed for use with individual patients injured in the United States due to motor vehicle accidents, falls, penetrating injuries, and other mechanisms of injury.
Mood disorders: what they are and what problems they cause
Mood disorders are psychopathological syndromes characterised by an alteration of the physiological mechanisms of mood oscillation that normally allow the individual to adapt his or her reactions to the conditions of the environment…
Emergency burn treatment: rescuing a burn patient
“Be careful, that’s hot!”: We’ve all said it to our children at least once, and at least once they didn’t listen. Burns are just part of life
Back pain: is it really a medical emergency?
Did you know that back pain is one of the most common reasons why people go to the emergency room? This common ailment is experienced by about 80 per cent of adults at some point in their lives
Ukraine, Security Council to citizens: what to do in case of a nuclear attack
First aid in the event of a nuclear attack: Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine has exacerbated fears among Ukrainian and world politicians about the possibility of the Russian Federation using nuclear weapons
Prostate cancer, what is high-dose brachytherapy?
It is a radiotherapy technique that promises to revolutionise cancer therapies using radiation. It is called 'high-dose brachytherapy' and is administered in a single session lasting only a few minutes, which has proven effective in…
Atrial fibrillation: classification, symptoms, causes and treatment
Atrial fibrillation occurs when the atria, from which the heart rhythm originates, do not contract in a synchronous manner and therefore 'quiver' or fibrillate, i.e. beat very rapidly and irregularly