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The law of the Good Samaritan exists in practically every Western country and in many Asian countries, with different declinations and peculiarities

If a child is in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, you should initiate CPR and ask lay rescuers to call the emergency services and obtain an automated external defibrillator to increase the chances of survival

A burn is an injury to the integumentary tissues (skin and skin appendages) which can be caused by the action of:

Despite the evolution of stretchers, the stretcher sheet remains an indispensable aid in certain rescue situations

In the maxi emergencies caused by floods and inundations of rivers and streams, one of the main problems faced by the Civil Protection is the mitigation of the impact

Fires are an important cause of injury, death and economic damage. Smoke inhalation-induced damage leads to a dramatic worsening of mortality in burn patients: in these cases, smoke inhalation damage is added to burn damage, with often…

Fires are a major cause of injury, death and economic damage. Fires inside homes, which are the context in which the largest number of burns in the civilian population occur, are responsible for more than 80% of deaths

What is an AED defibrillator and how it works: everything you need to know about this life-saving device

Twelve First Aid myths debunked! Being confident in your First Aid knowledge is important to know how to help in a medical emergency and to avoid unnecessary trips to the hospital

Relief on the Slovenian-Italian border: on 21 March, the Regional Director of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Fire Brigade, Engineer Agatino Carrolo, and the Trieste fire brigade commander, Engineer Girolamo Bentivoglio Fiandra, accepted the…