Antivenom for redback spider bite
The Redback and Funnel web spider bites page has been updated with additional information about the role of antivenom following redback spider bite.
Dunn RJ
The Redback and Funnel web spider bites page has been updated with additional information about the role of antivenom following redback spider bite.
The Management of snake bite page has been re-organised and some minor updates made.
Most of the segment on the snake bite VDK in the Assessment of snake bite page has been removed.
The Assessment of snake bite page has been updated, including an expanded section on history taking in suspected snake bite.
The Management of hypothermia page has had a number of minor updates.
The Assessment of hypothermia page has been updated, including additional information about the use of US to assess the circulation.
The Hypothermia page has been updated with a number of wording improvements,
The Management of snake bite page has been extensively revised, including removal of redundant content.
The Assessment of snake bite page has been extensively revised, including the recommendation that the VDK is no longer used,
The Pressure immobilisation segment in First aid measures in the Toxicology chapter has been updated.
The Redback and Funnel web spider bites page has been updated, including revised information about the use of Redback antivenom
The First aid measures page has been updated with additional information about pressure immobilisation bandaging.
The Other heat related illness page has been revised and a number of wording improvements have been made to it.
The Heat stroke page has had a number of minor revisions to reduce duplication and improve clarity.
The Heat stroke page has been updated with a segment on the differential diagnosis of heat stroke.
The Drowning page has been updated with additional information about when CPR may be futile.
The Drowning page has had a variety of updates.
The Heat stroke page has been updated, including additional information about the neurological sequelae of heat stroke.
The Problems of ascent page has been updated with some additional features of the skin features of decompression illness.
The Toxic marine ingestions page has been updated with a new segment on Amnestic shellfish poisoning.