Study Set Content:
Measures to counter an anaphylactic shock
- Epinephrine inj and a tourniquet
potency of not less than 500 antitoxin units per ml.
Diphtheria Antitoxin
potency of not less than 400 antitoxin units per ml.
Tetanus Antitoxin
multivalent antitoxin is used to treat all cases of toxemia caused by the types of botulinus bacteria
Botulism Antitoxin
used for prophylaxis and treatment of the specific disease
Passive immunizing agent
sterile, nonpyrogenic solution of the refined and concentrated antitoxic antibodies, chiefly(), obtained from the blood serum or plasma of healthy () that have been immunized against the toxins
globulins , horses
stored at a temperature of between
2 and 8° C
are poisonous excretions produced by animals; they can be compared with the toxic waste products (exotoxins) of bacteria
Venoms
are obtained by holding a poisonous snake over a conical glass container covered with a sheet of thin rubber
Snake venins or venoms
North and South American antisnakebite serum
Antivenin (Crotalidae) Polyvalent
North American coral snake antivenin
Antivenin (Micrurus fulvius)
black widow spider antivenin
Antivenin (Latrodectus mactans)
4 species of pit vipers
Crotalus atrox
C. adamanteus
C. durissus terrificus
Bothrops atrox
(Western diamondback)
Crotalus atrox
(South American rattlesnake)
C. durissus terrificus
(Florida diamondback)
C. adamanteus
(South American fer-de-lance) (Crotalidae)
Bothrops atrox
the eastern coral snake; also neutralizes M. fulvius tenere (Texas coral snake) but not Micruroides euryxanthus (Arizona or Sonoran coral snake)
Micrurus fulvius
Texas coral snake
M. fulvius tenere
Arizona or Sonoran coral snake)
Micruroides euryxanthus
