Snakebites
2025-03-26 15:10:05 - Admin Name
Treatment of Snakebites
- Check for fang marks, note if scarifications present or not
- Look for evidence of use of a tourniquet
- Ask about time of bite
- Check bitten limb for swelling, pulses, colour and viability
- Check for systemic evidence of envenoming - fever, altered coma score, shock, anaemia
- Mark with a pen, the level of swelling on a limb so that further swelling can be assessed