Stings and bites
Bites and Stings Humans can be inured by the bites or stings of all kinds of animals, insects, reptiles, and jellyfish and other marine animals. These stings and bites can contain poison, venom and all kinds of other harmful substances.
Mammals; typically mammal bites will result in bleeding, puncture wounds, broken bones, and may lead to infection.
1.) Make sure that the animal has been taken away or caught so that you can approach the victim safely 2.) Call 000 for help 3.) Calm the victim down to save stress 4.) Tend to the wound, such as; cleaning, bandaging, and dressing 5.) Tell the paramedics as much as possible about the animal and the patient them selves Insects and Arthropods; Spiders, Bees, Wasps, and other insects. The symptoms can vary from inflammation to numbness. These symptoms can be worse if the victim has an allergic reaction. These bites effect younger and elderly people more than fit and healthy people.
1.) Check for danger to you then the patient 2.) Send or call for help (000) 3.) If there is a stinger embedded in the skin than you can get out by using your fingernail or even a credit card 4.) The victim should then be immobilized to slow blood flow around the body 5.) Bandage from the bottom of the limb up, the whole limb should be covered 6.) Apply a cold pack 7.) Give the paramedics the spider/insect for further identification 8.) Make sure that the insect has been caught (to show to the paramedics) or has left the area Snakes; If the snake manages to inject venom into the body it can lead to horrific symptoms. Some symptoms include; swelling, dizziness, weakness, nausea, muscle contractions, vomiting of blood, etc. The wounds, if not infected with venom can become infected from the harmful bacteria and micro organisms inside the snake's mouth.
1.) Call 000 immediately after the snake bite 2.) Apply pressure to the wound and bandage from bottom to the top of the limb 3.) If possible catch or photograph the snake so that the paramedics are able to give the appropriate anti-venom 4.) Ice should not be applied but the injury should be kept lower than the heart 5.) Keep the patient still and the bitten area still 6.) If available use a splint to stop movement 7.) Do not remove bandages because venom will then quickly rush to the heart 8.) Wait for the ambulence Marine Animals; Sea creatures are usually more venomous or poisonous than land creatures. To ease the pain of these stings/bites there are an array of things that are used.
1.) Blue Bottle warm water is recommended to ease the pain, but if that is unavailable than cold packs work almost as well. No paramedic help is usually needed unless it is an extremely serious sting. Vinegar is not recommended. 2.) Box Jellyfish remove the tentacles from patient and apply vinegar or urine. Immobilise the sting. Minor stings do not need medical attention but all others it is needed. An anti-venom is used to neutralize the sting. 3.) Blue Ringed Octopus call 000 and attempt to immobilise the bite. Bandage the bite then an anti-venom will be applied by medical staff. 4.) Cone Shell Snail apply pressure and bandage the wound. Call for help immediately. Go through the DRS.ABCD with the patient (cases have been known to result in death). |