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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.
Ischaemic heart disease: what is it?
Ischaemic heart disease is a heart condition characterised by an insufficient blood supply to the myocardium
Cataract: symptoms, causes and intervention
A cataract is a clouding of the crystalline lens that leads to a progressive reduction in vision. It is a common cause of visual impairment: it occurs spontaneously in most elderly people (generally after the age of 65)
Headache: symptoms and types
Headache, commonly called 'headache', is one of the most common and most annoying disorders that affects millions of people worldwide and affects their quality of life
Ventilation and Secretions: 4 Signs a Patient on a Mechanical Ventilator Requires Suctioning
Mechanical ventilator and secretion aspiration: after a successful intubation, your patient is mechanically ventilated with a patent airway and his vital signs stabilize
Hepatocarcinoma: symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of liver cancer
Liver cancer, or hepatocarcinoma, is one of the most common cancers in the world and ranks among the sad list of the most frequent causes of death from cancer in Italy, with a steady increase over the last 30 years
Colposcopy: how to prepare, how it is performed, when it is important
Colposcopy is an examination that allows a magnified view of the cervix, the outermost part of the cervix. It is very popular as it is an inexpensive, painless, non-invasive and repeatable examination
Coeliac disease: symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Coeliac disease is a disease that renders the intestine unable to absorb nutrients and depends on a malabsorption problem caused by the inability to digest foods containing gliadin and gluten
Bronchiectasis: what are they and what are the symptoms
Bronchiectasis is not often heard of when talking about chronic respiratory diseases, yet it is more common than one might think: it affects about 400 adults per 100,000
Car sickness, transport in paediatric age: what causes and how to deal with motion sickness
Motion sickness, better known as car sickness, is a disorder suffered by 30% of children, especially between the ages of 3 and 12. How it manifests itself in children and how to prevent it
Eosinophilic oesophagitis: how to recognise it and how to treat it
Eosinophilic oesophagitis (EoE) is a chronic, immune- or allergen-mediated inflammatory disease characterised by symptoms of oesophageal dysfunction