First aid for jellyfish stings: Do we really know what we are doing?

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 78-80

  Little, Mark ^a  

^a CABOOLTURE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

First aid; Hot water; Ice; Jellyfish

Indexed keywords

HOT WATER; ICE; OPIATE; VENOM; VINEGAR;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CRYOTHERAPY; FIRST AID; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; JELLYFISH; PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; TOXICOKINETICS; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; WATER IMMERSION;

ACETIC ACID; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BITES AND STINGS; CNIDARIAN VENOMS; CRYOTHERAPY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FIRST AID; HEAT; HUMANS; HYDROTHERAPY; ICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 38849105580     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2007.01053.x     Document Type: Article

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