Snake bite
The Snake bite page has had a number of minor updates.
Environmental
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.
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.
Snake bite management
The Management of snake bite page has been re-organised and some minor updates made.
VDK in snake bite
Most of the segment on the snake bite VDK in the Assessment of snake bite page has been removed.
History in suspected snake bite
The Assessment of snake bite page has been updated, including an expanded section on history taking in suspected snake bite.
Management of hypothermia
The Management of hypothermia page has had a number of minor updates.
US in hypothermia
The Assessment of hypothermia page has been updated, including additional information about the use of US to assess the circulation.
Hypothermia
The Hypothermia page has been updated with a number of wording improvements,
Management of snake bite
The Management of snake bite page has been extensively revised, including removal of redundant content.
Assessment of snake bite
The Assessment of snake bite page has been extensively revised, including the recommendation that the VDK is no longer used,