Bites and Stings reference materials

AVRU Website

Australian Venom Research Unit - very helpful site for researching local hazards and protocols along with Australian Research Papers and Publications

AVRU Factsheet on Pressure-Immobilisation Bandaging

 

Research Paper - evaluation of a new recombinant K39 RDT for Sudanese Visceral Leishmaniasis

 

Report of Consultative Meeting on Cutaneous Leishmaniasis - Geneva, WHO Headquarters, 30 April to 2 May 2007

 

The Anti Snake Venom Crisis in Africa:

 

Case Report - Marine Catfish Sting Causing Fatal Heart Perforation in a Fisherman

 

Research Paper - Human Fatalities Resulting From Dog Attacks in the United States, 1979–2005

 

AVRU Factsheet on Pressure-Immobilisation Bandaging

 

Case Report - Rabies Exposure (Implications for Wilderness Travellers)

 

Research Paper - Scorpion Sting Envenomation in Children in Southeast Turkey

 

Research Paper - A Locally Developed Snakebite Management Protocol Significantly Reduces Overall Anti Snake Venom Utilization in West Bengal, India

 

Case Report - Tick Talk: Unusually Severe Case of Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome—Case Report and Review of the Literature

 

A Survey of Snakebite Management Knowledge Amongst Select Physicians in Hong Kong and the Implications for Snakebite Training

 

Toxicology: pearls and pitfalls in the use of antidotes

 

Syndromic approach to treatment of snake bite in Sri Lanka based on results of a prospective national hospital-based survey of patients envenomed by identified snakes

 

Acute compartment syndrome of the hand after a wasp sting: a case report