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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.
Aphasia: symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of loss of the ability to communicate
Aphasia is the condition in which one loses the ability to communicate. It can affect both the ability to express oneself and the ability to understand language, spoken or written. It usually appears suddenly after a stroke or head injury,…
Unicompartmental prosthesis: the answer to gonarthrosis
The unicompartmental prosthesis is the most suitable solution for treating gonarthrosis, a degenerative and disabling knee disease
Abandonment syndrome (issues): causes, symptoms, what it can lead to and how to overcome it
Abandonment syndrome (issues): how many times as children did we suffer from missing someone, perhaps our mother leaving home to go to work?
Summer 2022, dehydration in children: how to recognise it and how to prevent it
Summer is the season of high temperatures: one of the main causes, though not the only one, of dehydration, identified as an excessive loss of fluid that exceeds the quantities introduced into the body
Crohn's disease: what it is, triggers, symptoms, treatment and diet
Crohn's disease, also called Crohn's disease or regional enteritis, is a chronic inflammatory disease of the intestine that can affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract, from the mouth to the anus, causing abdominal pain, diarrhoea,…
What is albumin and why is the test performed to quantify blood albumin values?
Albumin is a carbohydrate-free protein and constitutes 55-65% of the total plasma protein. Its concentration in the blood is closely linked to the function of the liver, which is responsible for its production, and the kidney
Hoarding objects: signs not to be underestimated in dysphobia (hoarding disorder)
Letting go of objects, memories and people is not always easy. There are cases in which this difficulty becomes dysfunctional, to the point that it results in a pathological tendency to hoard
Assessment of Ventilation, Respiration, and Oxygenation (breathing)
Assessment of the Airway, Ventilation, respiration, and oxygenation begins the second you assume care of a patient
Antidepressant drugs: what they are, what they are for and what types exist
Antidepressants are a class of drugs, belonging to the category of psychopharmaceuticals, used in the treatment of various psychiatric conditions
CPR and neonatology: cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the newborn
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the newborn: CPR is used to maintain blood flow through the body in the event of cardiac arrest