Bedside Management Considerations in the Treatment of Pit Viper Envenomation

Susan Smith; Susan Sanders-Sammons; Jennifer Carr; Thomas R. King; Heather S. Ambrose; Lance Zimmet; Terri M. Repasky; Susan S. Hendrix

doi:10.1016/j.jen.2014.01.002

Bedside Management Considerations in the Treatment of Pit Viper Envenomation

Susan Smith, Susan Sanders-Sammons, Jennifer Carr, Thomas R. King, Heather S. Ambrose, Lance Zimmet, Terri M. Repasky, Susan S. Hendrix

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Abstract

Death and disability as a result of venomous snake bite is a significant public health concern in both the United States and throughout the world. In the US, an estimated 9000 people are treated for pit viper snakebite annually, ^1-3 and a death rate of 1 in 756 envenomations occurs. ⁴ Worldwide, an estimated 421,000 bites and 20,000 deaths occur annually from venomous snake bites, the majority of which occur in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. ⁵

Original language	American English
Journal	Journal of Emergency Nursing
Volume	40
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jen.2014.01.002
State	Published - Mar 31 2014

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Medicine and Health Sciences
Nursing

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Snake bite
United States

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Bedside Management Considerations in the Treatment of Pit Viper Envenomation

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