EKAB guidelines for snakebites: symptoms and what to do
In Larisa, a viper bit the finger of a woman who passed through an open door inside the house and after entering the bedroom, hid under the bed of her grandson, who was only 2 years old.
According to the local onarissa website, the incident took place in a single-family house in the Skotina region, and the woman was hospitalized in Katerinis hospital in serious pain, with half of her body swollen, according to doctors. .
Fortunately, it was possible to save his life with proper treatment.
It should be noted that there have been many incidents related to reptiles this year, and for this reason, it is considered necessary for residents who have houses in the village to be careful and not leave the doors and passages to the house open. If someone is bitten by a snake, they should rush to the nearest hospital or health center as soon as possible.
EKAV rules for snakebite
The only poisonous snake that exists in Greece is the adder.
The severity of envenomation depends on the age, general condition, location and depth of the bite, the size of the snake and whether the victim is moving.
The effects of snake venom fall into two categories:
Local symptoms
- Pain.
- Edema.
- bruises.
- Blisters that expand within a few hours.
Blisters can become infected with germs and turn into gangrene.
Generalized symptoms (if poison is swallowed)
- Vomiting.
- Weakness.
- Dizziness.
- Shivering with fever.
- don’t sweat
- Bleeding manifestations.
- Tachycardia.
- Hypotension.
- Shock.
- Pulmonary edema.
- Acute renal failure.
Fight
- No walking.
- Calm the victim.
- Immobilization of the limb below the level of the heart.
- Clean the wound with soap and water.
- No ice on the wound.
- There is no ischial bandage.
- No coffee or alcohol.
- We do not catch the snake, we try to remember its color and shape so that we can describe it.
- Transfer to hospital.
Anti-tetanus serum should be given after snakebite.
Antiopic serum is done only in the hospital and is not always necessary. Application of anti-inflammatory serum can cause an allergic reaction or even anaphylaxis in people who are allergic.