title: The sea, stingers, and surgeons: the surgeon's role in prevention, first aid, and management of marine envenomations.
abstract: Marine envenomations are the statistical price that humankind pays for intruding into the aquatic domain. Individual risk can be reduced by knowledge and prudence. If envenomations do occur, lives can be saved, complications prevented, and convalescence facilitated by knowledge of and interest in these fascinating creatures of the sea.
authors.affiliation: Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Canberra, Australia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pearn
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000601:surgery; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; D003064:Cnidarian Venoms / Q000009:adverse effects; D003646:Debridement; D005397:Fish Venoms / Q000009:adverse effects; D005400:Fishes, Poisonous; D013502:General Surgery; D006801:Humans; D010819:Physician's Role; D012307:Risk Factors; D037401:Scyphozoa
chemical_list: D003064:Cnidarian Venoms; D005397:Fish Venoms