Hyperthermia key points
Key points have been added to the Heat stroke page.
Environmental
Reducing heat generation in heat stroke
A new segment on reducing heat generation on the Heat stroke page has been added.
Heat stroke
The Heat stroke page has been extensively revised and updated.
Hypothermia
The Hypothermia page has been revised and updated.
Assessment of hypothermia
The Assessment of hypothermia page has been extensively revised and updated.
Hypothermia management
The Management of hypothermia page has been extensively revised and updated to better reflect the Australian and New Zealand environment.
Environmental disorders image improvements
Multiple images in the Environmental disorders section have been reformatted to improve quality and load speed.
Heat stroke
The Heat stroke page has had a number of minor updates.
Redback antivenom
Some minor wording changes have been made to the Redback and Funnel Web spider bites page to make it clearer who we think may benefit from Redback antivenom.
Snake bite
The Snake bite page has had a number of minor updates.
Red Bellied Black snake antivenom choice
The Management of snake bite page has been updated, including making it clearer that the first choice antivenom for Red Bellied Black snake envenomation is Tiger antivenom.
Snakes
The Snakes page has been updated with improved wording of various sections.
Red Bellied Black snake
The Snakes page has been updated with additional information about Red Bellied Black snakes.
Prognosis following drowning – correction
The Drowning page has been corrected to indicate that asystole is a poor prognostic factor compared to VT/VF in drowning. Previously it was listed as a good prognostic factor. Thanks to Michael for picking this up.
Frostbite
The Frostbite page has been significantly updated.
D dimer in snake bite
The Assessment of snake bite page has been updated with additional information about D dimer in the detection of snake envenomation.
Mouse spider bite
The segement on Mouse spiders has been updated and moved to the Redback and Funnel Web spider bites page.
Funnel Web spider bite
The Redback and Funnel Web spider bites page has been updated with improved wording of the Funnel Web spider bite segment.
Redback spider bite
The Redback and Funnel Web spider bites page has been updated with improved wording of the Redback spider bite segment.
Pressure immobilisation bandaging
The First aid measures page has had some minor updates and wording improvements.