Bites

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Bites Stings Poisons/ToxinsNear Drownings

• EMT 100

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Poison Toxin Venom
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Reaction depends on three things

• Type of poison,toxin or venom
• Time lapse before onset of signs symptoms
• Size of person in relation to amount of poison

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Bites and Stings

• Immediate reaction which may include
  anaphylaxis
• Long term infection

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Bees, Wasps, Hornets, and Yellow Jackets
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Signs Symptoms

• Pain
• Redness
• Swelling
• Itching
• N V

• Anaphylaxis
• Infection

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Treatment

• If bee sting, remove stinger by scraping out with
  knife edge or credit card
• Dont grab with tweezers!
• Clean
• Ice pack
• Ammonia solution, baking soda paste, meat
  tenderizer
• Treat anaphylaxis
• Watch for infection

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Black Widow Spider
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Signs/Symptoms Treatment

• Pain, redness, swelling
• N V
• Fever chills
• Achy muscles joints
• Abdominal cramps diarrhea
• Rarely anaphylaxis

• Clean
• Ice pack
• Ammonia, Baking soda paste, meat tenderizer
• Watch for anaphylaxis (rare)
• Watch for infection

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Brown Recluse (Violin) Spider
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Brown Recluse Signs Symptoms

• Very painful
• Red and swollen
• N V
• Fever chills
• Abdominal cramps diarrhea
• Rarely anaphylaxis
• Necrosis (very common)

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Brown Recluse Treatment

• Clean
• Do NOT Ice!
• Ammonia, Baking soda paste, meat tenderizer
• Watch for anaphylaxis
• Watch for necrosis infection

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Tarantula
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Signs/Symptoms Treatment

• Pain
• Redness
• Swelling
• Itching
• Rarely anaphylaxis

• Clean
• Ice
• Watch for anaphylaxis
• Watch for infection

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Ticks

• Ticks carry Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Lyme
  Disease

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Tick Treatment

• Remove by pulling with tweezers parallel to skin
  surface
• Clean and Ice
• Ammonia, Baking soda paste, Meat tenderizer
• Watch for anaphylaxis (rare)
• Watch for infection

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Rattlesnake
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Signs Symptoms

• Pain
• Swelling
• Bruising
• N V
• Weakness

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Treatment

• Keep victim calm
• Clean but NO ICE!
• Transport immediately if within an hour and a
  half of medical care
• If more than an hour and a half from care, may
  try to evacuate wound

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Jellyfish

• Painful, red and swollen welts
• Anaphylaxis rare
• Vinegar is best!
• Watch for infection

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Stingrays, Urchins, Anemones (barbs or
spines)

• Pain, red, swelling, itching
• Best to flush with hot water (102-105F)
• Watch for infection
• Anaphylaxis rare

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POISON IVY,OAK, SUMAC
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Signs Symptoms

• Red and itchy
• May progress to blisters
• Possible anaphylaxis
• Infection

May need calamine lotion and/or hot
baths/showers Physician may need to prescribe
steroids and/or antibiotics
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Ingested Poisons
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Treatment

• If unconscious
• Activate EMS
• ABCs

• If conscious
• Call Poison Control 800 222 1222
• Dilute?
• Syrup of Ipecac?
• Activated charcoal?
• EMS?

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Inhaled Poison Carbon Monoxide

• Fresh air
• ABCs
• EMS

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Near Drowning - Conscious
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Near Drowning - Unconscious
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Its showtime!