Citation

Davidson TM, Schafer S, Killfoil J. Wilderness Environ. Med. 1995; 6(2): 203-219.

Affiliation

Division of Otolartngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California Medical Center and Veterans Administration Medical Center, San Diego 92103-8895, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11995909

Abstract

Human encounters with cobras in Africa and Asia are common with substantial mortality and primarily respiratory paralysis in untreated cases. First aid includes maintaining calm, placing a lymphatic retardant on the bitten extremity, and transportation to a medical facility. Medical management is antivenin. Physiologic monitoring and the ability to manage the compromised airway are important.

Language: en