This the main page for the Global Emergency Medicine Curriculum Project'sEnvironmental Disorders section. For point of care treatment information see the respective category page and non-GEMC notes.
Bites and Envenomation: Arthropods, Insects, Spiders, Mammals, Marine Organisms, Snakes
Book Chapters - Not Open Access
Journal Articles - Open Access
Lavonas, EJ, Ruha, AM, Banner, W, et al. Unified treatment algorithm for the management of crotaline snakebite in the United States: results of an evidence-informed consensus workshop. BMC Emergency Medicine 2011, 11:2 doi:10.1186/1471-227X-11-2. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-227X/11/2 Last accessed Aug 2013.
Blogs and Websites
• Terry P. Antibiotics in non venomous snake bite. BestBETs. Alexander M. Last Modified: March 2002. http://bestbets.org/bets/bet.php?id=155 Last accessed Aug 2013.