Comments on: Don’t bring these to the ER http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/11/dont-bring-these-to-er.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: drneeleshhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/11/dont-bring-these-to-er.html#comment-87975 drneelesh Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:34:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/11/dont-bring-these-to-the-er.html#comment-87975 And here, In the Indian hinterlands, Almost EVERY snakebite patient brings the snake along (a dead one, thankfully).Its so common that we are taught to identify poisonous snakes by their colors+scales+shapes and this knowledge guides us in initiating the treatment. ( whether ASV is required or not!!).I remember my seniors in the ER reprimanding the rural folks for not bringing the Snake along.<br/>Dr.Neelesh<br/><br/>http://neeleshbhandari.blogspot.com And here, In the Indian hinterlands, Almost EVERY snakebite patient brings the snake along (a dead one, thankfully).Its so common that we are taught to identify poisonous snakes by their colors+scales+shapes and this knowledge guides us in initiating the treatment. ( whether ASV is required or not!!).I remember my seniors in the ER reprimanding the rural folks for not bringing the Snake along.
Dr.Neelesh

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