BIOLOGICALS INCLUDING MARINE Flashcards
WHAT TYPE OF STING REQUIRES REMOVAL?
ONLY FEMALE HONEY BEES HAVE A BARBED STINGER THAT NEED TO BE REMOVED
WHAT TYPE OF SCORPION IS MORE MILD?
BARK
WHAT WILL WESTERN SCORPION STING CAUSE?
RESPIRATROY PARAYSIS
WHAT TO EXPECT WITH CORAL SNAKE BITE? WHAT TYPE OF TOXIC?
NEUROTOXIC = PARALYSIS
WHAT TO EXPECT WITH MOJAVE RATTLESNAKE BITE?
PARAYLYSIS
WHAT TO EXPECT WITH GARTER SNAKE BITE?
HARMLESS AND DOES NOT NEED ER REFERRAL
WHAT SPIDER HAS VIOLIN MARKING ON DORSAL THORAX?
BROWN RECLUSE
WHAT SPIDER BITE CAUSES BULL’S EYE/HALO APPEARANCE?
BROWN RECLUSE
WHAT SPIDER HAS RED OR YELLOW HOURGLASS ON ABDOMEN?
BLACK WIDOW
WHAT SPIDER CAUSES BACK OR ABD MUSCLE SPASMS?
BLACK WIDOW
WHAT SPIDER CAUSES NECROTIC ARACHNIDISM?
BROWN RECLUSE
WHAT MARINE STING CAUSES SEVERE BURNING PAIN, CYANOTIC AND DUSKY > HEMORRHAGIC AND NECROTIC?
STINGRAY
T/F: ALL MARINE SNAKES ARE TOXIC
T
S/S OF MARINE SNAKE BITE? HOW TO TX?
RESP FAILURE; 12 HR OBS AND ANTIVENOM
WHAT IS THE MOST VENOMOUS ENVENOMATION IN THE WORLD? (MARINE). WHY?
STONEFISH; THEY ARE AGGRESSIVE