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==Journal Articles - Open Access==
==Journal Articles - Open Access==
*'''Management of simple insect bites: where's the evidence?''' ''Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin'' 2012;50:45-48 doi:10.1136/dtb.2012.04.0099. http://dtb.bmj.com/content/50/4/45.full
*'''Management of simple insect bites: where's the evidence?''' ''Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin'' 2012;50:45-48 http://dtb.bmj.com/content/50/4/45.full
*Bhattacharjee C, Bradley P, et al. '''Do animals bite more during a full moon? Retrospective observational analysis''' ''BMJ'' 2000; 321 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.321.7276.1559 http://www.bmj.com/content/321/7276/1559
*Bhattacharjee C, Bradley P, et al. '''Do animals bite more during a full moon? Retrospective observational analysis''' ''BMJ'' 2000; 321 http://www.bmj.com/content/321/7276/1559
*Garbutt, F, and Jenner, R. '''Wound closure in animal bites''' ''Emergency Medicine Journal'' 2004;21:589-590 doi:10.1136/emj.2004.017962. http://emj.bmj.com/content/21/5/589.2.full  
*Chen E, Hornig S, et al. '''Primary Closure of Mammalian Bites''' ''Academic Emergency Medicine'' 2000;7;2:157-161. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1553-2712.2000.tb00519.x/abstract
*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  
*Garbutt F, and Jenner R. '''Wound closure in animal bites''' ''Emergency Medicine Journal'' 2004;21:589-590 http://emj.bmj.com/content/21/5/589.2.full
*Lewin MR, Bickler P, Heier T, et al. '''Reversal of experimental paralysis in a human by intranasal neostigmine aerosol suggests a novel approach to the early treatment of neurotoxic envenomation''' Clinical Case Reports. 2013 July DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.3. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ccr3.3/full  
*Harris JB, Goonetilleke A. '''Animal poisons and the nervous system: what the neurologist needs to know''' ''J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry'' 2004;75:iii40-iii46. http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/75/suppl_3/iii40.full
*Malhotra P, Sharma N, et al. '''Fatal acute disseminated encephalomyelitis following treated snake bite in India''' ''Emergency Medicine Journal'' 2005, 22:308-309 doi:10.1136/emj.2004.014431. http://emj.bmj.com/content/22/4/308.full
*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 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-227X/11/2  
*Ozanne-Smith J, Ashby K, and Stathakis VZ. '''Dog bite and injury prevention—analysis, critical review, and research agenda''' ''Injury Prevention'' 2001, 7:321-326 doi:10.1136/ip.7.4.321. http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/7/4/321.full
*Lewin MR, Bickler P, Heier T, et al. '''Reversal of experimental paralysis in a human by intranasal neostigmine aerosol suggests a novel approach to the early treatment of neurotoxic envenomation''' Clinical Case Reports. 2013;1;1;7-15. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ccr3.3/full  
*Sacks JJ, Kresnow M, Houston B. '''Dog bites: how big a problem?''' ''Injury Prevention'' 1996;2:52-54 doi:10.1136/ip.2.1.52. http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/2/1/52.full.pdf
*Malhotra P, Sharma N, et al. '''Fatal acute disseminated encephalomyelitis following treated snake bite in India''' ''Emergency Medicine Journal'' 2005, 22:308-309 http://emj.bmj.com/content/22/4/308.full
*Smith MR, Walker A, Brenchley J. '''Barking up the wrong tree? A survey of dog bite wound management''' ''Emergency Medicine Journal'' 2003;20:253-255 doi:10.1136/emj.20.3.253. http://emj.bmj.com/content/20/3/253.full
*Ozanne-Smith J, Ashby K, and Stathakis VZ. '''Dog bite and injury prevention—analysis, critical review, and research agenda''' ''Injury Prevention'' 2001, 7:321-326 http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/7/4/321.full
*Thong, BY. Barkham, TMS. '''Suppurative polyarthritis following a rat bite''' ''Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases'' 2003;62:805-806 doi:10.1136/ard.62.9.805. http://ard.bmj.com/content/62/9/805.full
*Raj N, Nayar R, et al. '''Once bitten, twice shy!''' ''Annals of Rheumatic Diseases'' 2000;59:684-687 http://ard.bmj.com/content/59/9/684.full
*Warrell DA. '''Treatment of bites by adders and exotic venomous snakes''' ''BMJ'' 2005; 331 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1244. http://www.bmj.com/content/331/7527/1244
*Sacks JJ, Kresnow M, Houston B. '''Dog bites: how big a problem?''' ''Injury Prevention'' 1996;2:52-54 http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/2/1/52.full.pdf
*Smith MR, Walker A, Brenchley J. '''Barking up the wrong tree? A survey of dog bite wound management''' ''Emergency Medicine Journal'' 2003;20:253-255 http://emj.bmj.com/content/20/3/253.full
*Thong BY. Barkham TMS. '''Suppurative polyarthritis following a rat bite''' ''Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases'' 2003;62:805-806 http://ard.bmj.com/content/62/9/805.full
*Warrell DA. '''Treatment of bites by adders and exotic venomous snakes''' ''BMJ'' 2005; 331 http://www.bmj.com/content/331/7527/1244


==Blogs and Websites==
==Blogs and Websites==
*'''Mammal Bites:Answers''' EM Lyceum. July 2011. http://emlyceum.com/2011/07/27/mammal-bites-answers/
*'''Mammal Bites:Answers''' EM Lyceum. July 2011. http://emlyceum.com/2011/07/27/mammal-bites-answers/
*Terry P. '''Antibiotics in non venomous snake bite.''' BestBETs. Alexander M. Last Modified: March 2002. http://bestbets.org/bets/bet.php?id=155
*George J. '''A pitbull of the marine ecosystem, or just misunderstood''' The EMBER Project. Aug 2012. http://emberproject.org/2012/08/08/a-pitbull-of-the-marine-ecosystem-or-just-misunderstood/
*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/  
*Gussow L. '''Brown recluse spider bite or MRSA: an important differential diagnosis?''' The Poison Review. Feb 2011. http://www.thepoisonreview.com/2011/02/03/2418/
*Gussow L. '''Case report: Wolf Spider Bite''' The Poison Review. April 2012. http://www.thepoisonreview.com/2012/04/03/case-report-wolf-spider-bite/
*Gussow L. '''Rapidly progressive, fatal sequelae of brown recluse spider bite: case report''' The Poison Review. Oct 2012. http://www.thepoisonreview.com/2012/10/17/rapidly-progressive-fatal-sequelae-of-brown-recluse-spider-bite-case-report/
*Gussow L. '''Review article: Spider Bite''' The Poison Review. Dec 2012. http://www.thepoisonreview.com/2011/12/22/review-article-spider-bite/
*Hensley J. '''Stop peeing on it!''' EBM Gone Wild. Aug 2013. http://ebmgonewild.com/stop-peeing-on-it.html
*Hensley J. '''Along came a spider.''' EBM Gone Wild. Aug 2013. http://ebmgonewild.com/along-came-spider.html
*Hensley J. '''And now for something completely different.''' EBM Gone Wild. Aug 2013. http://ebmgonewild.com/and-now-for-something-completely.html
*Hensley J. '''See you later, alligator.''' EBM Gone Wild. Aug 2013. http://ebmgonewild.com/see-you-later-alligator.html
*Iqbal T. '''Antibiotics in cat bites.''' BestBETs. Foex B. Last Modified: Oct 2008. http://bestbets.org/bets/bet.php?id=1021
*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/
*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/
*Rosengren D. '''ACEM Winter Symposium-Irukandji''' Adventure Medicine. Aug 2012. http://www.adventuremedicine.net/2012/08/acem-winter-symposium-irukandji/
*Rosengren D. '''ACEM Winter Symposium-Irukandji''' Adventure Medicine. Aug 2012. http://www.adventuremedicine.net/2012/08/acem-winter-symposium-irukandji/
*Rosengren D. '''ACEM Winter Symposium-Box Jellyfish''' Adventure Medicine. Aug 2012. http://www.adventuremedicine.net/2012/08/acem-winter-symosium-box-jellyfish-update/  
*Rosengren D. '''ACEM Winter Symposium-Box Jellyfish''' Adventure Medicine. Aug 2012. http://www.adventuremedicine.net/2012/08/acem-winter-symosium-box-jellyfish-update/  
*Hensley J. '''Stop peeing on it!''' EBM Gone Wild. Aug 2013. http://ebmgonewild.blogspot.com/2013/08/stop-peeing-on-it.html
*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/  
*Hensley J. '''Along came a spider.''' EBM Gone Wild. Aug 2013. http://ebmgonewild.blogspot.com/2013/08/along-came-spider.html
*Terry P. '''Antibiotics in non venomous snake bite.''' BestBETs. Alexander M. Last Modified: March 2002. http://bestbets.org/bets/bet.php?id=155
*Hensley J. '''And now for something completely different.''' EBM Gone Wild. Aug 2013. http://ebmgonewild.blogspot.com/2013/08/and-now-for-something-completely.html
*Hensley J. '''See you later, alligator.''' EBM Gone Wild. Aug 2013. http://ebmgonewild.blogspot.com/2013/08/see-you-later-alligator.html
 
 
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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 Envenomations: Arthropods, Insects, Spiders, Mammals, Marine Organisms, Reptiles

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Dysbarism: Air Embolism, Barotrauma, Decompression Syndrome

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Electrical Injury / Lightning

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High-Altitude Illness: Acute Mountain Sickness, Barotrauma of Ascent, High-Altitude Cerebral Edema, High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema

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Submersion Incidents: Cold Water Immersion, Near drowning

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  • • Schmidt A. Drowning: Critical Points for Care in the Field. 2013. Social Media and Critical Care. Accessed 19 Aug 2013. http://vimeo.com/57826732 (6m41s).

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Temperature-Related Illness: Heat Exhaustion, Heat stroke

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Temperature-Related Illness: Frostbite, Hypothermia

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  • Woo E, Lee JW, Hur G, et al. Proposed Treatment Protocol for Frostbite: A Retrospective Analysis of 17 Cases Based on a 3-Year Single-Institution Experience Arch Plast Surg 2013 Sep;40(5):510-516. Published online 2013 September 13. http://e-aps.org/DOIx.php?id=10.5999/aps.2013.40.5.510 Last accessed Oct 2013.

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  • • Oosterloo M. Dead cold, winter can be murder. 2013. Social Media and Critical Care. Accessed 19 Aug 2013. http://vimeo.com/57872537 (6m24s).

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Radiation Emergencies

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