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by Parcelmouth on June 17, 2007
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Just as an interesting question. To all those who keep venomous snakes, if you could spare a little time and list what exactly do you personally have put together as an envenomation protocol. I think this is a good question to answer to educate each other as well as new venomous keepers or those curious about keeping them. Just how much forethought has to go in to the possibility of a envenomation occurring. We all have heard the horror stories of what can happen in the hands of uninformed medical professionals. I will be willing to start the post by listing what I have put together for my own protocol.
telephone numbers of poison control and two doctors that I prefer to be treated by.
Both of these doctors are person friends and I have had meetings with them concerning the animals I keep and the effects of a bite, as well as I have passed along to them all books, articles and information I have on the subjects of envenomation and treatments.
I keep two printed medical protocols for North American pit viper envenomation, as well as Chris Harper's article about anaphylaxis. I also keep a third protocol for a Mojave rattlesnake or neurotoxic type envenomation. I do not currently keep mojaves but I do keep canebrakes and a southern pacific rattler, two species known to produce neurotoxic symptoms. I added this protocol so that the attending doctors would be aware or the the neurological symptoms to be on the look out for.
I also have a copy two books Finlay Russell's Snake Venom Poisoning and Meier and Whites Handbook of Clinical Toxicology of Animal Venoms and poisons with specific pages bookmarked.
I appreciate all who contribute to this posting. I am looking forward to learning from all of you just what goes into your envenomation protocol. I currently only keep Native Crotalidae, so I would also enjoy hearing from keepers who care for exotics and how the protocols must be evolved for those animals.
Thank You,
J.S. Harrison
j_s_harrison@hotmail.com
(601)609-5415
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by LordViperTX on June 17, 2007
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I tend to reformat and print out protos from here:
http://www.emedicine.com/cgi-bin/foxweb.exe/searchengine@/em/searchengine?boolean=and&book=all&maxhits=40&HiddenURL=&query=Envenomation
Unlike a book, this source has input from multiple experts, and is updated often...meaning that new breakthroughs and techniques will end up there. Book are not self-updating. ;^)
I have a book with each species I have in seperate sections, and direct links to the online source so that they can verify the info and check for updates.
I also have phone numbers for local venomous snake experts, as well as the Houston Zoo, as they happen to keep most of the exotic antivenins on hand for what I have, including various Asian vipers, Najas, an O. hannah, and various Central and South American Crotalus.
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