Citation

Dart RC, Gustafson RA. Ann. Emerg. Med. 1991; 20(6): 659-661.

Affiliation

Section of Emergency Medicine, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, American College of Emergency Physicians, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2039106

Abstract

The use of high-voltage electric shock therapy for the treatment of snake venom poisoning has recently gained popularity in the United States. We present a case that documents the dangerous, ineffective application of electric shock to the face of a patient envenomated by a Great Basin rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis lutosus). The successful use of antivenin in this critically ill, antivenin-allergic patient is described.

Language: en