title: Successful use of heat as first aid for tropical Australian jellyfish stings.
abstract: Currently the Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) recommends dousing with vinegar followed by ice as first aid for jellyfish stings in tropical Australia, with limited evidence to support this recommendation (Li et al., 2013). We report our successful experience in using hot water immersion as first aid in treating two people stung by venomous tropical Australian jellyfish, one by Chironex fleckeri and one by Carukia barnesi.
authors.affiliation: FACEM MPH &TM DTM & H Department of Emergency Medicine, Cairns Hospital, Cairns, Australia; Queensland Tropical Health Alliance School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, James Cook University, Australia. Electronic address: angie-mark@bigpond.com.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Little
authors.affiliation: Queensland Tropical Health Alliance, James Cook University, Cairns Campus, Mcgregor Road, 4878, Cairns, Australia.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fitzpatrick
authors.affiliation: Queensland Tropical Health Alliance, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Centre for Biodiscovery & Molecular Development of Therapeutics, Queensland Emergency Medical Research Foundation, Faculty of Medicine, Health & Molecular Sciences, James Cook University, Cairns Campus, Mcgregor Road, 4878, Cairns, Australia.
authors.forename: Jamie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Seymour
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000628:therapy*; D003064:Cnidarian Venoms; D005392:First Aid; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D003064:Cnidarian Venoms
keywords: Carukia barnesi; Chironex fleckeri; Cubozoan; First aid; Hot water; Jellyfish