TY - RPRT KW - Antivenoms KW - Guidelines KW - Snake bite KW - Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) KW - Treatment KW - South East Asia AU - Warrell D AU - others AB -

This publication aims to pass on a digest of available knowledge about all clinical aspects of snakebites to medically trained personnel. The guidelines are intended for medical doctors, nurses, paramedics, dispensers and community health workers who have the responsibility of treating victims of snakebites, and also for medical and nursing students and postgraduates as an educational resource. They aim to provide sufficient practical information to allow medically trained personnel to assess and treat patients with snakebites at all the different levels of the health service.

BT - Guidelines for the management of snake-bites. LA - eng N2 -

This publication aims to pass on a digest of available knowledge about all clinical aspects of snakebites to medically trained personnel. The guidelines are intended for medical doctors, nurses, paramedics, dispensers and community health workers who have the responsibility of treating victims of snakebites, and also for medical and nursing students and postgraduates as an educational resource. They aim to provide sufficient practical information to allow medically trained personnel to assess and treat patients with snakebites at all the different levels of the health service.

PB - World Health Organization PY - 2010 EP - 206 p T2 - Guidelines for the management of snake-bites. TI - Guidelines for the management of snake-bites. UR - http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/249547/11/9789290225300-eng.pdf?ua=1 ER -