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First-hand knowledge about snakes and snake-bite management: an urgent need
Bhargava, Saurabh
102465
Kumari, Kiran
102466
Sarin, Rajendra Kumar
102467
Singh, Rajvinder
102468
snake-bite
first aid
anti-snake venom
dry bite
big four
2020-11
Snake-bite is a well-known but fairly ignored medical problem in India. Lack of precise first aid knowledge for snake-bite is a substantial reason for its severe fatality in human beings. The present study is comprised of a pilot survey that assesses and evaluates the knowledge of people of different occupations (teachers, students, farmers, medical residents, and miscellaneous) about snakes and snake-bite management. The pilot survey was conducted through a well-structured open-ended questionnaire about experiences with snakes and snake-bites and first aid measures for accidental snake-bites. Proper knowledge of snakes and snake-bite management was either diminutive or absent in the majority of the subjects, especially amongst teachers. Even the medical professionals were not well acquainted with knowledge about snakes and snake-bite management. Only 13% knew about ‘big four’, 18% knew ‘dry bite’, and 21% of subjects knew about anti-snake venom (ASV) used in India. 39% of subjects knew about the whereabouts of traditional healer. Only 12% of subjects, mostly medical residents, knew of any bedside test for diagnosis of snake-bite, and 11% of respondents also knew of LD50 of Indian cobra. A well-timed first aid treatment is always decisive in the management of life-threatening snake-bite cases but the present survey has found that most of the study groups had inadequate and little misleading fundamental knowledge comprising regional snakes, first aid measures for accidental snake-bite, and welfare schemes for snake-bite victims. Therefore, the present study proposes to conduct more such appraisals and strengthening of education curricula on snake-bite that would surely inculcate an adequate level of primary skill in ignorant societies.
departmental bulletin paper
Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, School of Medicine
2020-11
Nagoya Journal of Medical Science
4
82
763
774
2186-3326
0027-7622
eng
http://www.med.nagoya-u.ac.jp/medlib/nagoya_j_med_sci/824.html
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