Rattlesnake bite

N.A. Polygala senega L. Triterpenoid saponins, phenolic acids, polygalitol, methyl salicylate, sterols.99 103 291 292 Treat rattlesnake bite, cough, bronchitis, asthma. 

In a typical year there are some 45,000 snake bites in North America alone, but only 20 per cent of these are from poisonous snakes and only a proportion of these involve toxin or venom. This still leaves over 1,000 poisonous snake bites in which venom is injected, but deaths number only a handful, perhaps twelve to fifteen. The reason for this is that medical care is normally not too far away and the antidote or antivenin is available. Without treatment, for example, approximately 75 per cent of rattlesnake bites would be fatal. Similarly, in Australia, which has some of the world s most poisonous snakes, death from snake bite is rare because... 

Cmz NS and Alvarez RG (1994) Rattlesnake bite complications in 19 children. Pediatric Emergency Care 10 30-33. 

For treatment of mild to moderate North American rattlesnake bites... 

A) A rattlesnake bite is almost always associated with significant tissue injury... 

Only about 20% of rattlesnake bites involve significant envenomation. Incision, suction, and tourniquets are usually more damaging than helpful. Ice packs are contraindicated. Serious envenomation causes primarily local tissue damage. Antivenin is by far the most effective therapy for serious envenomation. The answer is (D). 

The client presented to the emergency department (ED) with a rattlesnake bite on the left foot 2 hours ago. Which intervention should the nurse implement during the administration of the antivenin ... 

Of the 14 families of snakes, 5 are poisonous (Table 11-54). The annual incidence of snakebite in the United States is three to four bites per 100,000 population. Clinically significant morbidity occurs in less than 60%, and only a few deaths are reported each year. Rattlesnake bite is the most common snake envenomation in the United States, and the victim is often a young, intoxicated male who was teasing or trying to capture the snake. Snakes strike accurately to about one-third their body length, with a maximum striking distance of a few feet. 

The early English colonists took psylliiun plant to North America as one of their favourite healing material with them and has since been called by the Native American as white man s foot" as it is often found growing along well-tn den foot paths(7). The indigenous Americas adopted many of the traditional European uses of this beneficial herb. They also used the plant to draw out the poison of rattlesnake bite, to soothe rheumatic... 

The answer ts3[IVA2fl. Recommended treatment for rattlesnake bites includes immobilization to reduce spread of the venom, blood transfusion and fluids to treat shcxTc, atKl administration of drugs to control the intense pain (e.g., meperidine) and anxiety (diphenhydramine). Antibiotics are used to control secondary infections. Corticosteroids are not recommended because they have been associated with increased mortality and they may alter parameters of the crwnplete blood count and serum chemistry that ate used to assess prognose. 

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