Neurological complications of snake bites have been well documented in the literature as neuromuscular paralysis and cerebrovascular complications; posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome was rarely described. A 23-year-old lady presented near full term of her pregnancy with a horned snake Cerastes cerastes bite; after successful delivery she started complaining of altered mental status an...

Abstract
 Aim: YouTube has become an increasingly used platform for obtaining health information such as first aid knowledge of snake bites rescuers in recent years. Aim the study is to evaluate quality existing videos on interventions and whether they are educational nature.
 Materials Methods: Descriptive study. On February 20, 2021, determined search terms as; “Snake bite emergency...

of a lethal dose of poison having been received. It was therefore primarily with the object of obtaining more accurate data in these respects, that, towards the end of 3 809, I caused each of the police and charitable hospitals and dispensaries (branch as-well as main) in the Central Provinces to be furnished with the necessary apparatus and a small stock of the antitoxin, while I, at the same ...

Background: Bungarus caeruleus (common krait) bite during monsoon season is common in northwest India. Respiratory failure is responsible for high mortality in the victims. In this study we report our experience with manual ventilation using bag valve mask (BVM) in patients with neuroparalysis due to common krait bite.  Methods:This prospective study was conducted between June 2009 and December...

paratively simple matter.* Unfortunately, it is only rarely that the body of the snake is produced for inspection. Accordingly, the medical man has to diagnose the case on signs and symptoms alone. A history of snake bite is available. Krait and cobra bites are fairly easy to diagnose?though difficult to distinguish between. There is at first pain at the site of the wound which later gives plac...

Field observations and experimental evidence refute previous objections to the coral snake mimicry hypothesis. Concordant color pattern variation spanning hundreds of miles and several presumed venomous models strongly suggests that several harmless or mildly venomous colubrid snakes are indeed mimics of highly venomous elapids.