GEMC:Environmental Disorders

This the main page for the Global Emergency Medicine Curriculum Project's Environmental Disorders section. For point of care treatment information see the respective category page and non-GEMC notes.

Bites and Envenomation: Arthropods, Insects, Spiders, Mammals, Marine Organisms, Snakes

Journal Articles - Open Access

• Lavonas, EJ, Ruha, AM, Banner, W, et al. Unified treatment algorithm for the management of crotaline snakebite in the United States: results of an evidence-informed consensus workshop. BMC Emergency Medicine 2011, 11:2 doi:10.1186/1471-227X-11-2. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-227X/11/2 Last accessed Aug 2013.

Blogs and Websites

• Terry P. Antibiotics in non venomous snake bite. BestBETs. Alexander M. Last Modified: March 2002. http://bestbets.org/bets/bet.php?id=155 Last accessed Aug 2013.

• Rosengren D. What is the dose of Australian snake antivenom? Adventure Medicine. Sep 2012. http://www.adventuremedicine.net/2012/09/dose-of-australian-snake-antivenom/ Last accessed Aug 2013.

• Levine M. New snakebite recs from an unlikely source. Emergency Physicians Monthly. Oct 2011. http://www.epmonthly.com/subspecialties/toxicology/new-snakebite-recs-from-an-unlikely-source/ Last accessed Aug 2013.

Videos

• Wright J, Smith L, and Castle L. Snakebite: What would Samuel do? 2013. Social Media and Critical Care. Accessed 19 Aug 2013. http://vimeo.com/57166701 (6m57s).