Cobra envenomation: An uncommon emergency

✍ Scribed by Harlan Stueven; Charles Aprahamian; Bruce Thompson; Louis Horwitz; Joseph Darin

• Book ID: 104312363
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1983
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 330 KB
• Volume: 12
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1097-6760
• DOI: 10.1016/s0196-0644(83)80212-1

✦ Synopsis

An unusual case involving a cobra snake envenomation is presented. The patient developed transient neurological sequelae during air evacuation to a regional trauma center and required endotracheaI intubation. He developed a hypersensitivity reaction to cobra antivenin which responded to diphenhydramine. The bite wound became edematous and necrotic, but responded to conservative therapy. He was discharged on the fifth hospital day and did well.