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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.
Bacterial endocarditis: prophylaxis in children and adults
Bacterial endocarditis is an infection of the internal structures of the heart or large arteries caused 'by the implantation' of bacteria or, more rarely, fungi
The importance of supervision for social and health workers
The role of supervision: the basic element that unites the so-called "helping person" professions (list of health and helping person professions drawn up by the Ministry of Health) lies in the fact that practitioners in these professions…
First aid: definition, meaning, symbols, objectives, international protocols
The term 'first aid' refers to the set of actions that enable one or more rescuers to help one or more persons in distress in a medical emergency
Contaminated Food Infection: what it is, cures and treatment
Contaminated food infections are contracted by ingesting food contaminated with pathogens. Sometimes, pathogens that contaminate food can also be contracted without eating it
Tinnitus: what it is, what diseases it can be associated with and what are the remedies
Tinnitus is a disorder of the ear that manifests itself with a mostly high-pitched sound perception (similar to a whistle, buzzing or ringing) even in the absence of external noise
Prist test in adults and children, normal and pathological values, interpretation
The serum IGE assay test, more simply called 'Prist test', is a second-level allergological investigation aimed at the assay of total serum IgE; simply put, the test evaluates the concentration of these antibodies in a blood sample, taken…
Tachycardia: is there a risk of arrhythmia? What differences exist between the two?
Tachycardia (an accelerated heartbeat) is a fairly common phenomenon: everyone has experienced an increase in heart rate at least once, perhaps in a state of agitation or stress, despite being at rest, i.e. without the body being put under…
The patient is a neonate with late prematurity: what it means, what it implies
The neonate with late prematurity is a particularly delicate patient because, as his organs and systems are still immature, he is exposed to various perinatal pathologies
Ramsay Hunt syndrome: symptoms, treatment and prevention
Ramsay Hunt syndrome, also known as herpes zoster oticus, manifests itself with neurological disorders and is caused by the reactivation of herpes zoster, the same virus that causes chickenpox
Five 'forgotten' vaccines that can save your life
The importance of vaccines: throughout history, many diseases have been brought under control thanks to large-scale vaccination policies