First Aid, The Five Fears of CPR Response
Many people share common fear when performing CPR such as causing further injuries, getting sued, breaking ribs, etc.
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Pulmonary thromboembolism and deep vein thrombosis: symptoms and signs
Thromboembolic pulmonary disease' or 'pulmonary thromboembolism' (hence the acronym TEP) in medicine refers to vascular obstruction of the pulmonary blood vessels caused by blood clots (thrombi) that, after detaching from the vessel wall of…
Emergency, the ZOLL Tour kicks off. First stop, Intervol: volunteer Gabriele tells us about it
ZOLL and I-Help together for the promotion of the ZOLL Tour, a campaign aimed at introducing rescuers to a wide range of emergency products, including defibrillators, lung ventilators, mechanical CPR and data solutions. The Intervol…
The patient's ECG: how to read an electrocardiogram in a simple way
The electrocardiogram (ECG) tracing is characterised by several traits called positive and negative waves, which repeat at each cardiac cycle and indicate the specific activity of the heart related to the propagation of the cardiac…
Everything You Need to Know About High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)
Hypertension: your blood pressure measurement takes into account how much blood is passing through your blood vessels and the amount of resistance the blood meets while the heart is pumping
Precordial thump: meaning, when to do it, guidelines
The precordial thump is a manual mechanical cardioversion technique, characterised by the administration of a punch to the sternum at heart level, used in extreme emergency conditions and in the absence of an electric defibrillator
What is takotsubo cardiomyopathy (broken heart syndrome)?
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, which some people call broken heart syndrome, is a sudden stress-induced heart condition. Although it is not a heart attack, it can cause similar symptoms
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
Difference between spontaneous, electrical and pharmacological cardioversion
Cardioversion is a special procedure that is carried out in the medical field when a subject has an arrhythmia, i.e. an alteration of the normal cardiac rhythm (sinus rhythm), in order to restore it while avoiding dangerous complications…
ECG: what P, T, U waves, the QRS complex and the ST segment indicate
The electrocardiogram (sometimes abbreviated ECG) at rest and in its "under stress" variant, is a diagnostic examination that allows the graphic reproduction, on a monitor or on paper, of the heart's electrical activity during its…