Study Set Content:
Box jellyfish
Box jellyfish antivenom –
rapidly inhibit nematocyst discharge but not of all jellyfish
Vinegar
Box jellyfish()() care can also be applied. Envenomation by C. fleckeri will result in severe pain with systemic symptoms (N/V, muscle spasms, headache, malaise, fever and chills). Death is often () ()() also reported in young healthy victims without any known cardiopulmonary disease
emergency and symptomatic, rapid.Cardiac arrest & pulmonary edema
King cobra
correct diagnosis and treatment by proper identification, emergency and supportive measure, antivenom
Stone fish
Emergency and supportive measures, antivenom
Death stalker scorpion
Symptomatic treatment, analgesics, cold compress, antivenom(Centruroides)
Poison dart frog
Etrodotoxin, emergency and supportive measures, anesthetics and antagonist reversed
Black widow spider
Emergency and supportive measures, wax and wane, analgesic or IV calcium for muscle cramping, anti venom
Oyster and marbled cone snail
Emergency and supportive measure
Bee
Emergency and supportive measure, epinephrine, antihistamine, ice compress on the affected area
Puffer fish
emergency and supportive measures
Numbness, tingling of the lips and tongue, Sneezing followed by bradycardia, dysrhythmias, hypotension, and CNS & Respiratory depression, Paresthesia’s, Gastroenteritis, Skeletal muscle paralysis, Ventricular arrhythmias, Respiratory paralysis, Shock, Death
Aconitine/ Aconitum
which can cause oral irritation, gastroenteritis, as well as erythema, edema followed by vesicle and blister formation.
Euphoriabiaceae
may result in corneal ulceration, iritis, conjunctivitis, and temporary blindness
Eye exposure
may manifest seizures, coma, or death
Systemic symptoms
Burning pain and swelling of the mucous membrane or oropharyngeal irritation
Elephant’s Ear
Podophyllum low doses
Mild purgation
Podophyllum overdose
Nausea and severe Paroxysmal vomiting and GI irritation
Similar to nicotine: vomiting, seizures, rhabdomyolysis, muscle paralysis and respiratory arrest
Poison hemlock
Like LSD it is hallucinogenic. One manifestation is pneumonia
Ipomea
