Collective review: Use of stun guns for venomous bites and stings: A review

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 111-117

  Welch, E B ^a   Gales, B J ^a  

^a St Anthony Hospital Oklahoma City   (United States)

Author keywords

Antivenoms; Arthropod venoms; Electric stimulation therapy; Snake venoms; Venoms; Viper venoms

Indexed keywords

INSECT VENOM; SNAKE VENOM; SPIDER VENOM;

DEVICE; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; IMMOBILIZATION; INSECT STING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NONHUMAN; POISON CENTER; REVIEW; SAFETY; SNAKEBITE; SPIDER BITE; STUN GUN; BITES AND STINGS; HUMAN;

ARACHNIDISM; BITES AND STINGS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; SNAKE BITES;

EID: 0034968441     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032(2001)012[0111:UOSGFV]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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