Chest injuries are responsible for 25% of all traumatic deaths annually. It is important for all EMS providers to be suspicious and vigilant when faced with a chest trauma patient
Tension headache is a rather common type of headache characterised by persistent, non-pulsating pain of mild to medium intensity, usually affecting the back of the head (occipital region)
C Reactive Protein (CRP), so called because of its reactivity with the Pneumococcus C polysaccharide molecule, is a protein synthesised by the liver whose concentration increases in the blood following an inflammatory process caused by an…
Bronchiectasis is a chronic respiratory disease characterised by an abnormal and irreversible dilatation of certain portions of the bronchial tree with a consequent loss of proper mucociliary clearance function
Onychophagia, many children and adolescents engage in this behaviour. To encourage them to stop, psychologists advise parents to explain the risks to them