Envenomation by a King Island tiger snake (Notechis ater humphreysi).
A venomous King Island tiger snake (Notechis ater humphreysi)bit a herpetologist on the hand on the forty-eight floor of a Sydney city building. Prompt first-aid treatment, comprising the application of a wide constrictive bandage the length of the limb, combined with immobilisation, delayed central movement of the venom until resuscitative care and antivenom were available. The patient had received tiger-snake antivenom 16 years previously, and also suffered from atopic eczema. Administration of 6000 units of tiger-snake antivenom after parenteral administration of an antihistamine was uneventful. A transient rash on the second day and a mild urticarial rash on the twelfth day after envenomation may have been either serum reactions or allergic response to other medication.
D000328:Adult; D000997:Antivenins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001315:Australia; D001458:Bandages; D005392:First Aid; D006801:Humans; D007103:Immobilization; D008297:Male; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D011312:Pressure; D012909:Snake Bites / Q000628:therapy*; D012910:Snake Venoms
D000997:Antivenins; D012910:Snake Venoms