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Jun 26, 2025
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Alison Allport
Curator, Watamu Snake
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Surgical Intervention and Wound Management Following Snakebites
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Jun 26, 2025
Jun 26, 2025
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Jun 26, 2025
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Description
This course provides focused training on the surgical and wound care management of snakebite envenomation, with an emphasis on limb-saving interventions and infection control.
Objectives
Describe the pathophysiology of snakebite envenomation and its local and systemic effects on tissues.
Differentiate between dry bites, mild envenomation, and severe tissue involvement requiring surgical intervention.
Identify clinical signs and diagnostic indicators for surgical emergencies such as compartment syndrome and tissue necrosis
Presenters
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Prof.
Timothy Hardcastle