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30-Aug-07, 04:14 PM
| | |  Have you been bitten by a snake? Please join our Snake-bite Study!
Hi Aussie Pythons and Snakes,
My name is Jasmine, a fourth year medical student at the University of New South Wales. It would be great if anyone who has been bitten by a snake could help assist in Snake-bite research, by completing the linked questionnaire.
Please read the information below to find out more about the study.
If you would like to be part of the study, please click on the link below, and the questionnaire will open for you to complete and submit. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=gJIrA3_2fB4620NiNlhtHtiw_3d_3d
If the questionnaire does to progress to the next page, make sure you check all the required questions have been answered. 'Please answer this question' will be diplayed in red above any question that may have been missed. The University of New South Wales and Coffs Harbour Base Hospital are conducting a study to investigate snake-bite. Your participation in this study will be very much appreciated and will help Doctors to better understand snake-bite in Australia. All persons who have been bitten by a snake will be of assistance to the study. Please don’t hesitate to contact Jasmine Bowie (study coordinator) if you have any enquiries. Jasmine Bowie Telephone number: 0431868078 E-mail address: snakebitestudy@gmail.com If you would like to participate in this study, please read the ‘Snake-bite study participant information’ (below) and complete the linked questionnaire by 25th September 2007. Please feel free to forward this link to other interested persons who have been bitten by a snake. Yours Sincerely Jasmine Bowie Study Coordinator Medical Student, University of New South Wales 29th August 2007
Below is more detailed information on the study; Snake-bite Study Participant Information Dear Sir or Madam, The University of New South Wales, Coffs Harbour Rural Medical School in conjunction with Coffs Harbour Base Hospital Emergency Department is undertaking a study to investigate the impact of being bitten by a snake. The long term impact of snake-bite has not previously been studied in Australia and this study will be very important to help understand the full impact of snake-bites in Australia. The study will also investigate the impact of antivenom administration on long term morbidity, potentially impacting on clinical practice. Approximately 300 persons who previously presented to Coffs Harbour hospital with a snake-bite and also members of herpetologist groups (people who study and/or keep snakes and reptiles) considered high risk for snake bite, will be sent this information and questionnaire. Only persons who have been bitten by a snake will be included in the study, and participation in the study is voluntary. All information collected in the study will be kept confidential and only persons involved in the study will have access to the information. To the extent permitted by the applicable laws and/or regulations, this information will not be made publicly available. The results of the study will not include any personal or identifying details and if the results of the study are published, the participant’s identity will remain confidential. The questionnaire should take less than 30 minutes to complete. All persons who have been bitten by a snake will be of assistance to this study. If you would like to participate in the study please complete the linked questionnaire no later than 25th September 2007. This study has been approved by the North Coast Area Health Service (NCAHS) Human Research Ethics Committee and any complaints or concerns about this research project may be made to this committee through the Research Ethics Officer as follows: Research Ethics Officer NCAHS Human Research Ethics Committee PO Box 126 Port Macquarie NSW 2444 Tel: (02) 6588 2941 Fax: (02) 6588 2942 Email: EthicsNCAHS@ncahs.health.nsw.gov.au If you have any problems or enquiries concerning the questionnaire please don’t hesitate to contactJasmine Bowie (research coordinator) or Dr Alan Tankel (research supervisor). Jasmine Bowie Study Coordinator Locked Bag 812, Coffs Harbour, NSW 2450 Telephone number: 0431868078 E-mail address: snakebitestudy@gmail.com Dr Alan Tankel Director, Emergency Department. Locked Bag 812, Coffs Harbour, NSW 2450 Telephone number: 02 6656 7428 Fax number: 02 6656 7423 E-mail address: atankel@mncahs.health.nsw.gov.au Yours Sincerely Jasmine Bowie Study Coordinator Medical Student, University of New South Wales 9th August 2007  |
30-Aug-07, 05:14 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-07 Location: kellyville,sydney Age/Gender: 34  | | | | do pythons count LOL what about mildly venomous like brown tree snake or yellow faced whip snake? |
31-Aug-07, 12:57 PM
| | | | Thanks for your interst in the questionnaire.
Yes, bites by all snakes will be useful to the study, non-venomous, venomous and mildly venomous snakes!
Thanks,
jasmine |
31-Aug-07, 01:20 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Usually on the lounge watching the TV. | | | | Hopefully this will be taken seriously and idiots don't just fill it out for the hell of it and put in false information.
Greg. |
30-Nov-07, 07:47 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Oct-07 Location: Gippsland Gender: | | | | man ive been bitten like 5 times by a coastal carpet and almost by a baby eastern brown trying to move it off the path so people wouldnt get bitten and scared
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30-Nov-07, 07:57 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Oct-07 Location: Bega, NSW Age/Gender: 27 | | | | No bites yet,
Did you used to go to Bega High, Jasmine? |
03-Dec-07, 09:52 PM
|  | Sexy Snake Subscriber | Join Date: Jul-07 Location: Cairns Gender: | | | | hahaah is thier any snake keeperhere that hast been bitten by a snake before (if your study includes non vems)
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03-Dec-07, 10:02 PM
|  | Roadkill Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-05 Location: Western Sydney Age/Gender: 25 | | | | Done and done, although i've never had any serious bites.
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03-Dec-07, 10:10 PM
|  | Geek Subscriber | | | | | I've only been tagged by pythons and (very) mildly venomous colubrids. In fact, said colubrids are so mildly venomous that until Brian Fry's research, they were believed to be non-venomous. Hell, I think most people still regard them as non-venomous.
I've completed your survey, but found it to be lacking in some respects. I think you should provide a "free text" area for symptoms resulting from the snake bite, as few of those listed really matched the symptoms I had after being tagged by the colubrids.
Symptoms were:
Redness, itching, mild blistering and mild burning sensations. Symptoms disappeared within a couple of weeks, but since it was quite some time ago now, I can't be more specific on how long each of those symptoms lasted. |
03-Dec-07, 10:29 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: in the bushes Gender: | | | | done |
03-Dec-07, 11:31 PM
|  | Regular Member | | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Snake-bite Study If you would like to participate in this study, please read the ‘Snake-bite study participant information’ (below) and complete the linked questionnaire by 25th September 2007.
| Looks like someone resurrected a dead thread...
__________________ Wr***e "Snakes. Why'd it have to be snakes?" www.arafurae.net Coastal Carpet Lover & Lying member of the FWC |
03-Apr-08, 01:06 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-08 Location: Sydney Gender: | | | | your certainly gonna have over 95% if you include pythons in this.... | |
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