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Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 7e
| Section 16. Environmental Injuries > |
Chapter 207. Trauma and Envenomations from Marine Fauna
Sections: Trauma and Envenomations from Marine Fauna: Introduction, Epidemiology, Marine Trauma, Marine Envenomations, Acknowledgment, References.
Topics Discussed: animal, marine; marine animal sting or bite; marine toxins; venomous marine animals or plants, poisoning due to.
Excerpt:"The marine environment is increasingly important for recreation,
industry, and communications and is dangerous to humans for several
reasons: we can't breathe in it, we can't see
in it, and swimming must be learned. The marine environment is also
remote to points of definitive health care. Marine fauna can inflict
injury through trauma (often with infection) or envenomation. Many
marine animals have developed venomous systems of defense and predation...."
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