Medical

About My Hair Transplant – personal experience – DHI – the latest technique

I recently did a Hair transplant after living for many years with a big baldness area on my head and I want to share with you my experience, how much I paid and where (as country). I will not mention [...]

Airway management for burn injury patients and Carbon Monoxide intoxication

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT FOR BURN INJURY PATIENTS Maintain low threshold for intubation and high index of suspicion for airway injurySwelling is rapid and progressive in the first 24 hoursConsider rapid  [...]

Human body skin and its functions

IMPORTANCE OF SKIN The skin is the largest body organ. It is essential for thermoregulation, prevention of fluid loss by evaporation, barrier against infection and protection against the environme [...]

Burn Injuries – classification and management

Burn injuries can be classified in 4 categories depending on the factors dcproducing them: Thermal: through direct contact with heat ( flame, scald)Electrical: alternating current A.C. - resident [...]

Frostbite – “Ice Burn”

Frostbite is an injury to body tissue caused by exposure to extreme cold, typically affecting the nose, fingers or toes and often resulting in gangrene. They are a few PREDISPOSING/RISK FACTORS th [...]

Central venous cannulation – how to insert a central venous line

ADVANTAGES OF CENTRAL VENOUS CANNULATION Rapid volume loadingCentral access for vasoconstrictors and parenteral nutritionContinuous central venous pressure monitoring to assess response to treatm [...]

Intraosseous cannulation – how to insert an intraosseous line

Intraosseous cannulation is a quick needle insertion, a relatively safe technique, used to gain rapid vascular access in critical situations. It utilises the marrow space of long bones as a ''non-col [...]

Sclerotherapy for Spider and Varicose Veins

Sclerotherapy (from Greek “skleros” meaning hard) is a non-surgical treatment procedure, minimally invasive, which treats vascular dilatations of the "spider veins" or reticular veins, smaller va [...]

Infant and child basic first aid mainly for breathing problems

0 – 28 days NEONATE 28 days – 1 year INFANT 1 year – puberty CHILD 80 % of paediatric cardiac arrests are due to respiratory (breathing) problems Early recognition and treatment of respi [...]

Diabetic Neuropathy

Diabetic Neuropathy refers to the complications of diabetes mellitus affecting the peripheral nerves, which mainly occur with sensitivity disorders, and often pain, in the parts of the body of th [...]