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Acute Problems and Emergency Surgery: Envenomations: Bites and Stings

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The management of animal bites remains a worldwide problem, however the additional problem of envenomation requires urgent and life saving treatment including first aid measures and the potential use of antivenin.

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  1. Department of Medical, Defence CBRN Centre, Winterbourne Gunner, Salisbury, SP4 0ES, UK

    Steven A. Bland BSc, MB, ChB, MSc(MedTox), FCEM

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  1. Steven A. Bland BSc, MB, ChB, MSc(MedTox), FCEM
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Correspondence to Steven A. Bland BSc, MB, ChB, MSc(MedTox), FCEM .

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  1. Department of Cardiac and Vascular Sciences, St George's University of London, London, United Kingdom

    James M. Ryan

  2. Buma Health Care Services, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Adriaan P.C.C. Hopperus Buma

  3. Department of Military and Emergency Medicine, Center for Distaster and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine, Uniformed Services, University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

    Charles W. Beadling

  4. Defence Medical Services-Whittington, Lichfield, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

    Aroop Mozumder

  5. Department of Surgery, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, United Kingdom

    David M. Nott

  6. The Norman M. Rich Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services, University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

    Norman M. Rich

  7. Formerly of Department of Surgery, University Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Walter Henny

  8. Department of Gastroenterology, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom

    David MacGarty

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Bland, S.A. (2014). Acute Problems and Emergency Surgery: Envenomations: Bites and Stings. In: Ryan, J., et al. Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2927-1_39

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