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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.
Biological and chemical agents in warfare: knowing and recognising them for appropriate health…
Biological warfare refers to the use of microbiological and chemical agents for hostile purposes. Such use is banned by international law but has become topical again given its use in the war in Ukraine
Stress factors for the emergency nursing team and coping strategies
Nurses and stress: nurses working in the emergency sector live in constant contact with people in critical situations
Transient tachypnoea of the newborn: overview of neonatal wet lung syndrome
Transient tachypnoea of the newborn (also called 'transient neonatal tachypnoea' or 'neonatal wet lung syndrome'; in English 'transient tachypnoea of the newborn') is a respiratory disorder of the newborn caused by delayed reabsorption of…
Liquid Pap test: what it is, how it works and when to do it
The 'liquid phase' Pap test allows for greater accuracy and can avoid a second sampling. The specialist explains how it works and what the benefits are
Emergency paediatrics / Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (NRDS): causes, risk factors,…
Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (NRDS) is a respiratory syndrome characterised by the presence of progressive pulmonary atelectasis and respiratory failure that is mainly diagnosed in the premature neonate, who has not yet reached…
What is a Cardioverter? Implantable defibrillator overview
Cardioverter - what do we mean by implantable defibrillator? The need for arrhythmia treatment depends on the symptoms and severity of the arrhythmia
Ambulance, out-of-hospital rescue: AVPU Scale, meaning and correspondence with Glasgow Coma Scale
The acronym 'AVPU' in medicine refers to a scale for assessing the state of consciousness of a patient, which is mainly used in the case of out-of-hospital rescue, e.g. when a paramedic intervenes at the scene of a road accident and finds…
Pediatric Glasgow Coma Scale: which GCS indicators change in the paediatric coma scale
In cases where an adult patient with a brain haemorrhage arrives in the emergency department unconscious or with significant neurological changes, a table called the "Glasgow Coma Scale" is used to assess the severity of the situation
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder: psychotherapy, medication
Personality disorders a set of different habitual patterns of experience or behaviour that deviate considerably from the social and cultural context to which the individual belongs and are characterised by persistent patterns of thought,…
First aid: distinguishing the causes of dizziness, knowing the associated pathologies
Although 'vertigo' is a word that is widely used by health professionals and others, medically it is a very imprecise term