Environmental emergencies
Snakebite
4 questions
4 questions
Practise these insteadA 19-year-old man walks into a small country hospital 40 minutes after being bitten on the right calf by a snake he disturbed while moving hay bales. A bystande…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 27-year-old man is bitten while walking through long grass near Tamworth, New South Wales. He brings a photograph of a slender brown snake, but the species ca…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 9-year-old boy is brought to a regional Victorian hospital 45 minutes after a suspected snakebite to the calf while walking through long grass. A pressure imm…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 58-year-old farmer near Dubbo, New South Wales, felt a sharp scratch on his ankle while moving hay bales and briefly lost consciousness about ten minutes late…
Clinical rotations · niche
Part of Environmental emergencies in Critical Care: Emergency Medicine, Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care.