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Amie Contributing Member
Joined: 06 Jan 2007 Posts: 63
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 11:16 pm Post subject: Casualty Protocol |
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I work in the medical field and after a discussion with a collegue and a patient today, i was curious as to how many venomous keepers are registered with their local hospitals? ie..... the fact you keep venomous reptiles would appear in your files should you be brought in and do you think it would be a good idea to have protocols on the species that you keep registered with the emergency teams, for instance a species pic reference, venom type, symptoms, anti venom required ect
Id appreciate any thoughts on this. |
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Scott W Site Admin
Joined: 15 Apr 2004 Posts: 13355 Location: London, England.
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 10:05 am Post subject: |
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hi Amie, very good question.
I have spoken to my local hospital and informed them that I have a venomous collection and asked what info they would like etc. To be honest I really didn't get very far, they weren't really interested in talking about it etc
I decided to put a 'Emergancy Pack' together that contains as many phone numbers (Poison centre, Tropical school of Medicine and a few others) Plus bite protocals for various species. This pack hangs in the venomous room and is easy to grab and take to the hospital with you, all the cage labels are also detachable so you can take the one that bit you to the hospital too.
Be interested to hear what others have done? _________________
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trueviper_UK CaptiveBred Addict!
Joined: 08 Feb 2007 Posts: 692 Location: Warminster, Wiltshire
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 2:23 pm Post subject: |
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I was advised by members of an American forum to put together bite protocols and speak to my local A&E department when I first started keeping venomous. So I did.
I've sent copies of bite protocols to my local A&E (who were very helpful and interested) as well as kept copies for myself to hand to ambulance staff should an accidental envenomation occur.
These I downloaded off the internet, printed and laminated.
My species list has changed a lot in the last few weeks so these need to be updated.
I have also been in contact with a Professor David Warrel of Oxford university (or rather, his secretary) and kept him informed of what species I currently keep.
For almost a year I have been asking the good Professor to contact my Hospital and inform them where appropriate anti-venom is kept for their records, but as he's a very busy man he still has'nt had time to do this.
None the less I phone her religiously every month to ask! _________________ You can't trust the snake......but you can always trust the snake to be a snake. |
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Goose Key Member
Joined: 22 May 2006 Posts: 277 Location: Sheffield
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 11:23 am Post subject: |
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considering the amount of DWAs given out, there is nearly zero knowledge amongst the medical profession in this country about what to do in case of envenomation. To be honest I wouldnt even consider keeping potentially lethal species without clearly marked contact details of venom specialists in duplicate, both in my house and on my person. This way hopefully the hospital should be able to talk to someone who knows what theyre talking about in the event of my unconciousness!
Ive made a point in asking most doctors I meet about snake bite (quite a few as my girlfriend is one!) and most are pretty clueless. I dont mean that as a deogatory comment, we live in the UK after all, most people have never seen a dangerous snake, however I think it highlights the need for keepers to ensure they have all the relevant information available. _________________ Tom
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