1. The chiropodist is a medical auxiliary qualified to treat superficial foot complaints such as ingrown toenails, callouses ans corns, which can make walking an agony Subject(s): Health PersonnelWorld Health Organization
2. The large regional hospitals employ modern, expensive equipment Subject(s): HospitalsHealth PersonnelX-RaysEquipment and SuppliesWorld Health Organization
3. Hypertension detection team at work in India. A standard method of compiling the data from such surveys has been suggeseted by WHO, but it is a flexible system and can be modified to suit local conditions Subject(s): Cardiovascular DiseasesHealth PersonnelPublic HealthEquipment and SuppliesWorld Health Organization
4. Blood pressure being taken of a suspected case of hypertension Subject(s): Cardiovascular DiseasesHealth PersonnelEquipment and SuppliesWorld Health Organization
5. Routine medical check-ups include measuring blood pressure Subject(s): Health PersonnelWomenWorld Health Organization
6. Water composition is probably also related to cardiovascular diseases. At the University of Helsinki, the water analysis is performed with a x-ray emission spectrometer Subject(s): Cardiovascular DiseasesHealth PersonnelEquipment and SuppliesWorld Health Organization
7. In an intensive care unit, monitoring by electrocardiograph continues day and night Subject(s): Cardiovascular DiseasesHealth PersonnelEquipment and SuppliesSwedenWorld Health Organization
8. An electrocardiogram is registered. This person suffers from high blood pressure. Such patients should have their blood pressure checked regularly Subject(s): Health PersonnelPatientsEquipment and SuppliesWorld Health Organization
9. A specially equipped ambulance linked by radio to the coronary care unit of a hospital. Energency treatment can be started immediatley Subject(s): AmbulancesCardiovascular DiseasesHealth PersonnelTransportation of PatientsPatientsEquipment and SuppliesWorld Health Organization
10. Many lives are being saved by this ambulance specially equipped to deal with severe heart attack cases in Northern Ireland. But prevention is better than cure; the risks stemming from high blood pressure can be considerably reduced by treatment, which can almost totally rule out heart failure and most strokes Subject(s): AmbulancesCardiovascular DiseasesHealth PersonnelTransportation of PatientsWorld Health Organization
11. Through an arm artery, a plastic catheter has been passed into the heart to reach a coronary artery. An injected opaque medium shows up on x-rays and enables the doctor to see the condition of the coronaries; picture 13150 shows close-up of x-rays screen Subject(s): Cardiovascular DiseasesPhysiciansHealth PersonnelX-RaysPatientsEquipment and SuppliesWorld Health Organization
12. "In this age of machinery and nuclear energy..." Heart disease: our photo shows a delicate operation in progress, carried out by Prof. de Watteville of the University of Geneva Subject(s): Cardiovascular DiseasesHealth PersonnelOperating RoomsWorld Health Organization
13. Residents of a Bombay suburb gather in the courtyard for a routine checkup during a community survey on high blood pressure Subject(s): Cardiovascular DiseasesHealth PersonnelWorld Health Organization
14. A woman "paramedic" tests the tetanus case for serum hypersensitivity before starting the emergency treatment that will save her life Subject(s): BangladeshEmergency Medical ServicesHealth PersonnelInjectionsTetanusWomenWorld Health Organization
15. One of the blood sampling techniques during an epidemiological survey in Togo Subject(s): MothersHealth PersonnelMother-Child RelationsWomenChildPublic HealthWorld Health Organization
16. Equipment for studying the respiratory and cardiovascular systems Subject(s): Health PersonnelEquipment and SuppliesWorld Health Organization
17. The kiss of life: practical instruction for a village health worker in Samoa Subject(s): Health PersonnelTeachingHealth EducationPublic HealthWorld Health Organization
18. Rat catching is part of the routine activities of the port authorities Subject(s): Health PersonnelPublic HealthWorld Health Organization
19. A "barefoot doctor" from the Hong Shi production brigade, in northern China checks on the health of a mother and her chil in their home. When there is a choice between ancient herbal remedies and "Western" ones, many patients prefer traditional medicine Subject(s): MothersMother-Child RelationsHealth PersonnelPublic HealthWorld Health Organization
20. Village health workers attending a course on primary health care in Torodi, Niger. The teacher is a qualified male nurse. The new emphasis on training primary health workers stems from the realization that simply providing more physicians and more nurses will not solve the health problems of devloping countries Subject(s): Health PersonnelEducation, MedicalTeachingPublic HealthWorld Health Organization
