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Environmental

Antivenom for redback spider bite

14/10/2021 by Bob Dunn

The Redback and Funnel web spider bites page has been updated with additional information about the role of antivenom following redback spider bite.

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Snake bite management

04/10/2021 by Bob Dunn

The Management of snake bite page has been re-organised and some minor updates made.

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VDK in snake bite

04/10/2021 by Bob Dunn

Most of the segment on the snake bite VDK in the Assessment of snake bite page has been removed.

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History in suspected snake bite

04/10/2021 by Bob Dunn

The Assessment of snake bite page has been updated, including an expanded section on history taking in suspected snake bite.

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Management of hypothermia

10/07/2021 by Bob Dunn

The Management of hypothermia page has had a number of minor updates.

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US in hypothermia

10/07/2021 by Bob Dunn

The Assessment of hypothermia page has been updated, including additional information about the use of US to assess the circulation.

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Hypothermia

10/07/2021 by Bob Dunn

The Hypothermia page has been updated with a number of wording improvements,

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Management of snake bite

22/05/2021 by Bob Dunn

The Management of snake bite page has been extensively revised, including removal of redundant content.

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Assessment of snake bite

22/05/2021 by Bob Dunn

The Assessment of snake bite page has been extensively revised, including the recommendation that the VDK is no longer used,

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Pressure immobilisation

22/05/2021 by Bob Dunn

The Pressure immobilisation segment in First aid measures in the Toxicology chapter has been updated.

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Redback spider bite

04/10/2020 by Bob Dunn

The Redback and Funnel web spider bites page has been updated, including revised information about the use of Redback antivenom

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Pressure immobilisation bandage

23/05/2020 by Bob Dunn

The First aid measures page has been updated with additional information about pressure immobilisation bandaging.

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Other heat related illness wording improvements

20/05/2020 by Bob Dunn

The Other heat related illness page has been revised and a number of wording improvements have been made to it.

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Heat stroke wording improvements

20/05/2020 by Bob Dunn

The Heat stroke page has had a number of minor revisions to reduce duplication and improve clarity.

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Differential diagnosis of heat stroke

20/05/2020 by Bob Dunn

The Heat stroke page has been updated with a segment on the differential diagnosis of heat stroke.

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CPR futility following drowning

16/12/2019 by Bob Dunn

The Drowning page has been updated with additional information about when CPR may be futile.

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Drowning

16/12/2019 by Bob Dunn

The Drowning page has had a variety of updates.

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Permanent neurological sequelae of heat stroke

09/04/2019 by Bob Dunn

The Heat stroke page has been updated, including additional information about the neurological sequelae of heat stroke.

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Skin features of decompression illness

09/04/2019 by Bob Dunn

The Problems of ascent page has been updated with some additional features of the skin features of decompression illness.

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Amnestic shellfish poisoning

20/11/2018 by Bob Dunn

The Toxic marine ingestions page has been updated with a new segment on Amnestic shellfish poisoning.

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