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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.
First Aid: How to do the primary survey (DR ABC)
Use the primary survey to quickly assess the situation and the casualty. Find out what to do
What is Lima syndrome? What distinguishes it from the well-known Stockholm syndrome?
Let's talk about Lima syndrome: You may have heard the term “Stockholm syndrome” before. It’s when an individual develops a positive connection with their captor or abuser
Adie syndrome (Adie's tonic pupil): causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prognosis
The term 'Adie syndrome' (also called 'Holmes-Adie syndrome' or 'Adie's pupil' or 'Adie's tonic pupil' or 'Holmes-Adie pupil') in medicine refers to a neurological disorder characterised by an abnormality of the pupil that is dynamic in…
What are cold agglutinins and why is the test performed to quantify their values in the blood?
Cold agglutinins are autoantibodies and are produced by the immune system. The presence of cold agglutinins causes red blood cells to aggregate upon exposure to cold temperatures.
Persistent pulmonary hypertension in the newborn: treatment, prognosis, mortality
Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn' or simply 'Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension' (hence the acronym 'PPH' or 'Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn' hence the acronym 'PPHN') is a neonatal respiratory disorder…
Heart, bradycardia: what it is, what it involves and how to treat it
Bradycardia is defined as a heart rate < 60 bpm.bThis is a functional definition--based on function--because usually a patient isn't symptomatic until < 50 bpm
Loss of muscle coordination: ataxia
Ataxia is a medical term for a disorder characterised by the progressive loss of muscular coordination that makes it difficult to perform certain voluntary movements and, in severe cases, can even undermine the patient's autonomy, which may…
Positive and negative Kernig's sign: semeiotics in meningitis
Kernig's sign is one of the so-called 'meningeal signs', i.e. a group of signs used in neurological semeiotics to detect possible pathological processes in the meninges
What is corneal abrasion and how to treat it
Corneal abrasion: Everyone has probably experienced an annoying and often painful foreign body sensation in the eye after rubbing too hard or after a contusion against an object, or even after wearing contact lenses for too many hours
Pupillary reflex to light: mechanism and clinical significance
Pupillary reflex to light (also called photomotor reflex) is a nerve reflex that modulates the diameter of the pupil in response to the intensity of light reaching the retina