EnvenomationsOr,AllthatBitesDoesntSlither.pdfVIP

Envenomations: Continuing Education Or, All that Bites Doesn’t Slither By Wes Ogilvie, MPA, JD, NREMT-P/LP Illustration photos from iStock. Objectives Introduction fire ant envenomations), there remains the As many EMS providers (as well as possibility that a person may experience an the public) know, the outdoors of Texas allergic or anaphylactic reaction to the bite, At the end of the CE are filled with all sorts of animals, some necessitating EMS intervention. In those module, the EMS provider will be able of which are simply annoying, such as cases, the standard treatment protocols to: mosquitoes. Other animals have the ability for allergic/anaphylactic reactions usually 1. Identify venomous to produce venom either for hunting apply. animals commonly or self-defense. The vast majority of found in Texas. these venomous animals are also mere Spiders 2. Identify the annoyances, but a few present medical Texas has two venomous spiders mechanisms by complications that Texas EMS providers that have the potential to cause serious which venom may encounter. complications in humans. One is the works. In Texas, envenomations are typically brown recluse spider (Loxosceles reclusa). 3. Explain what an annoyance that can be most commonly The other poisonous spider endemic to prehospital