The use of pressure immobilization bandages in the first aid management of cubozoan envenomings

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Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1503-1505

  Seymour, Jamie ^a   Carrette, Teresa ^a   Cullen, Paul ^b   Little, Mark ^c   Mulcahy, Richard F ^b   Pereira, Peter L ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CAIRNS BASE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chironex fleckeri; Cubozoan envenoming; Pressure immobilization bandages

Indexed keywords

VENOM; VINEGAR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBOZOAN ENVENOMING; ENVENOMATION; FIRST AID; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMOBILIZATION; JELLYFISH; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

ACETIC ACID; ANIMALS; BANDAGES; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BITES AND STINGS; CNIDARIAN VENOMS; CUBOZOA; FIRST AID; PRESSURE; PROTEINS;

CHIRONEX FLECKERI; CUBOZOA;

EID: 0036802184     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(02)00152-6     Document Type: Article

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