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Substance use disorder is a health condition involving compulsive substance use. It develops when substance use interferes with the ability to function day to day. It can occur with prescription or nonprescription drugs

Thermal Imaging : this short article is an attempt to clarify a few misconceptions in regard to fire service thermal imaging cameras

First aid to be known: it might just be that one day you are the first person to arrive at the scene of an accident, or you might be involved in a road accident but unharmed. Would you know what to do?

We often hear about 'scoop and run' and 'stay and play'. These two philosophies of pre-hospital care, which represent the history of emergency rescue, seem to be at odds with each other

Knowing how to perform first aid is essential. However, the procedure for adults may be different for a toddler whose body is smaller and is still developing

Spinal immobilisation is one of the great skills that the emergency medical technician must master. For many years now, all victims who had suffered trauma have been immobilised and, because of the type of accident, according to the…

Aspiration syndrome in most cases is a sudden entry of acidic gastric contents into the respiratory tract (aspiration), causing a burn of the airways and often accompanied by the development of a critical condition in the patient

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a disorder listed in the DSM-5 in the chapter on trauma and stress-related disorders

Kenneth Horsey's story is an inspiring one for anyone with heart disease: from open-heart surgery to playing offensive lineman on the University of Kentucky football team

A frightening fire broke out in a 19-storey building in the Bronx, New York: so far 19 people are dead, including 9 children