First-hand knowledge about snakes and snake-bite management: an urgent need.
Saurabh Bhargava, Kiran Kumari, Rajendra Kumar Sarin, Rajvinder Singh
Abstract
of Indian cobra. A well-timed first aid treatment is always decisive in the management of life-threatening snake-bite cases but the present survey has found that most of the study groups had inadequate and little misleading fundamental knowledge comprising regional snakes, first aid measures for accidental snake-bite, and welfare schemes for snake-bite victims. Therefore, the present study proposes to conduct more such appraisals and strengthening of education curricula on snake-bite that would surely inculcate an adequate level of primary skill in ignorant societies.
Topics & Concepts
Snake bitesFirst aidAccidentalMedicineAntivenomFamily medicineMedical emergencyEnvenomationBiologyEcologyVenomAcousticsPhysicsVenomous Animal Envenomation and StudiesRabies epidemiology and controlMarine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology