I'm hoping someone or hopefully a few people will be able to point me in the direction of some literature on snakebite.
Specifically accounts of bites from highly venomous Australian Elapids or where bites from so called less venomous snakes have caused potentially life threatening symptoms. Also I would like the accounts to arise from circumstances where medical care was unavailable or took a long time getting there, or even where care provided was blatantly inadequate resulting in prolonged systemic effects.
I know that professionals in particular generaly don't advertise the fact they have recieved bites, but I'm hoping there is a few that have shared the story
As an example of what I'm after there is story of somebody being tagged by Pseudechis australis in the WA bush, being far from help and without communication this person applied a pressure bandage and found some shade where he spent a couple of days riding out the effects of the bite before walking out under his own steam. If there is factual stories like this out there I want to read both victim and witnessing accounts and break down of symptons.
Cheers
Steve
Specifically accounts of bites from highly venomous Australian Elapids or where bites from so called less venomous snakes have caused potentially life threatening symptoms. Also I would like the accounts to arise from circumstances where medical care was unavailable or took a long time getting there, or even where care provided was blatantly inadequate resulting in prolonged systemic effects.
I know that professionals in particular generaly don't advertise the fact they have recieved bites, but I'm hoping there is a few that have shared the story
As an example of what I'm after there is story of somebody being tagged by Pseudechis australis in the WA bush, being far from help and without communication this person applied a pressure bandage and found some shade where he spent a couple of days riding out the effects of the bite before walking out under his own steam. If there is factual stories like this out there I want to read both victim and witnessing accounts and break down of symptons.
Cheers
Steve