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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.
Organ transplantation: what it consists of, what the stages are and what the future holds
Organ transplantation is the surgical procedure whereby one or more diseased organs (whose functionality is no longer recoverable) are replaced with one or more organs taken from a donor (cadaveric or living)
Why children should learn CPR: cardiopulmonary resuscitation at school age
Why Kids Should Learn CPR: there is a common misconception that learning first aid and CPR are only meant for teenagers and adults. Wrong
Thrombophilia: causes and treatment of excessive blood clotting tendency
Thrombophilia is defined as a tendency to excessive blood clotting, with a predisposition to develop thromboses and embolisms, both venous and arterial, at a young age (under 45 years)
Acute hepatic porphyria: what it is and how to treat it
Acute Hepatic Porphyria (AHP) is a rare disease that can manifest itself differently from person to person. It has a wide range of debilitating symptoms that are often similar to those of other diseases, making diagnosis difficult
Paediatrics, what is Williams Syndrome?
Williams Syndrome is a rather rare disease (it has an incidence of one case per 20,000 births) that affects children. It is not hereditary, nor is it due to medical, environmental or psychosocial factors
The geriatric examination: what it is for and what it consists of
Let's talk about the geriatric examination: geriatrics, for a start, is a branch of medicine that deals with disorders and diseases related to ageing
What is macular pucker and what are the symptoms
Macular pucker, what is it? The eye, one of the most sophisticated organisms in the human body, relies on the delicate balance of all its parts
Pancreatic cancer: what are the characteristic symptoms?
Pancreatic cancer, which in 60% of cases occurs at the head, becomes evident when certain cells multiply uncontrollably and very aggressively invade the gland, the duodenum, the biliary tract and prematurely metastasise in other districts…
Multiple Sclerosis: What are the symptoms of MS?
Multiple Sclerosis is a chronic (lifelong) and progressive (tends to degenerate over time) disease
Seizures in the Neonate: an emergency that needs to be addressed
Seizures happen when a large group of neurons undergoes excessive depolarization simultaneously. They occur in a tiny percentage of all newborns