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1 Rationalisation of First-Aid Measures for Elapid Snakebite
S.K. Sutherland, A.R. Coulter, R.D. Harris  Wilderness & Environmental Medicine  Volume 16, Issue 3, Pages (September 2005) DOI: / (2005)16[164:ROFMFE]2.0.CO;2 Copyright © 2005 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

2 Fig. 1 Chamber designed to apply uniform pressure to limb with minimum restriction of movement. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine  , DOI: ( / (2005)16[164:ROFMFE]2.0.CO;2) Copyright © 2005 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

3 Fig. 2 Venom and neurotoxin levels in conscious monkeys (nos. 13, 18, and 20); no first-aid measures applied to envenomated limb. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine  , DOI: ( / (2005)16[164:ROFMFE]2.0.CO;2) Copyright © 2005 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

4 Fig. 3 Venom and neurotoxin levels in monkey no. 22.
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5 Fig. 4 Venom and neurotoxin levels in monkey no. 24: pro-found anæthesia until 50 min after venom injection; no first-aid measures. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine  , DOI: ( / (2005)16[164:ROFMFE]2.0.CO;2) Copyright © 2005 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

6 Fig. 5 Venom and neurotoxin levels in monkey no. 21 (conscious) with leg in pressure chamber at 55mmHg pressure for 60 min. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine  , DOI: ( / (2005)16[164:ROFMFE]2.0.CO;2) Copyright © 2005 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

7 Fig. 6 Venom and neurotoxin levels in monkey no. 23 after combination of profound anæsthesia and use of pressure chamber at 55mmHg for 60 min. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine  , DOI: ( / (2005)16[164:ROFMFE]2.0.CO;2) Copyright © 2005 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

8 Fig. 7 Venom and neurotoxin levels in monkeys which had crepe bandage firmly applied for 60 min to the whole limb (monkeys no. 11 and 16) or below the knee only (monkey no. 17). Wilderness & Environmental Medicine  , DOI: ( / (2005)16[164:ROFMFE]2.0.CO;2) Copyright © 2005 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

9 Fig. 8 Venom level in monkey no. 12 whose envenomated limb was placed in a faulty inflatable air splint at 55mmHg. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine  , DOI: ( / (2005)16[164:ROFMFE]2.0.CO;2) Copyright © 2005 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions


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