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Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 7e
| Section 16. Environmental Injuries > |
Chapter 206. Reptile Bites
Sections: Reptile Bites: Introduction, Crotalinae (Pit Viper) Bites, Elapid Bites, Cobra Bites, Gila Monster Bites, References.
Topics Discussed: bites, reptile; reptiles; snake bites; venom, reptile.
Excerpt:"An estimated 3 million bites and 150,000 deaths occur each year
from venomous snakes in the world.1 The American
Association of Poison Control Centers reports an average of 6000
bites each year, approximately 2000 of them by venomous snakes.
Because of underreporting, the true number of snakebites is possibly
as high as 45,000 per year in the U.S., with 7000 to 8000 by venomous
snakes.2 The major venomous snakes of the world
can be divided into three groups: Viperidae (vipers), Elapidae,
and Hydrophiinae (sea snakes, see Chapter 207, Trauma and Envenomations from Marine Fauna)...."
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