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  • Snakebite
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Snakebite/
    ).  This should particularly occur with envenomation by snakes of snake-handlers or other sources of exotic snakes … if signs of envenomation.  Brown and tiger antivenom will cover all Victorian snakes. For 24 hour advice … and envenomation (systemic poisoning from the bite) is rare. The bite site may be evidenced by fang marks, one …
  • Spider Bite - Big Black Spider
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Spider_Bite_-_Big_Black_Spider/
    spiders include the Sydney Funnel Web, which can cause lethal envenoming, however there have not been any … cases of severe envenoming in Victoria, despite some Victorian spiders having similar toxicity Apart … of bites develop systemic envenomation If systemic symptoms develop, they do so over 10 min - 4 hours …
  • Spider Bite – Redback Spider
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Spider_Bite_–_Redback_Spider/
    pain and adequate analgesia is a priority Redback spiders rarely cause significant envenoming … significant venomous spider in Victoria. She is very unlikely to cause life-threatening envenomation. Redbacks … is unlikely to be required as Red Back Spiders probably do not cause life threatening envenoming …
  • Seizures - acute management
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Seizures_-_acute_management/
    , hypomagnesaemia) meningitis drug/toxin overdose or envenomation head trauma stroke and intracranial haemorrhage …