Snake bite is a common medical emergency and an occupational hazard, more so in tropical India, where farming is a major source of employment [1]. The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge of villagers living in
Vadgaongupta regarding the first aid treatment to be given to a patient of snake bite. Method used was interview technique in which only consenting adults of 439 families were interviewed and the obtained data was then analysed.
86.3% of patients of snake bite were found to be adults, out of whom 70% were farmers by profession.81% of the study population said that they used home methods like applyin torniquet, cutting and suction, keeping the affected in a dark room etc.
Various people practiced feeding the patient various food …show more content…
Every year, 50,000 Indians die in
2,50,000 incidents of snake bites, despite the fact that India is not home for the largest number of venomous snakes in the world, nor is there a shortage of anti- snake venom in the country [2].
The available data on the epidemiology of snake bite from the Indian Subcontinent are sparse because most of the snake bites occur in illiterate, rural people who use witchcraft and traditional healers [3].
Joseph Fayrer of the Indian Medical Service first quantified human snakebite deaths in 1869 for about half of “British
India” (including modern Pakistan, Bangladesh and Burma), finding that 11,416 people had died of snakebites [4].
First aid is the provision of initial care for an illness or injury.
It is usually performed by non-expert, but trained personnel to a sick or injured person until definitive medical treatment can be accessed. Certain self-limiting illnesses or minor injuries may not require further medical care past the first aid intervention. It generally consists of a series of simple and in some cases, potentially life-saving techniques that an individual can be trained to perform with minimal equipment
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Our data suggest similar values compared to recent global estimates of mortality from snakebite deaths [8]: the upper bounds of recent annual estimates were 94,000 deaths globally and 15,000 deaths in India.
In a study to see the tourniquet effectiveness to reduce the severity of envenoming after snake bite in Brazil clinical and laboratory data from patients who applied a tourniquet and who did not apply it after being bitten did not show any difference[9]. The tourniquet has to be applied by a professional so as to tie it with proper methods.
In Brazil in 1983-84, 730 cases of snake bite were seen six hours after the bite and received antivenom. There were no case of death [10]. This shows the effectiveness of ASV. Knowledge regarding Anti
Snake Venom was seen lagging amongst 81% of the affected population. This gap is to be filled with various awareness programmes and group activities educating the villagers of Vadgaon
Vadgaongupta regarding the first aid treatment to be given to a patient of snake bite. Method used was interview technique in which only consenting adults of 439 families were interviewed and the obtained data was then analysed.
86.3% of patients of snake bite were found to be adults, out of whom 70% were farmers by profession.81% of the study population said that they used home methods like applyin torniquet, cutting and suction, keeping the affected in a dark room etc.
Various people practiced feeding the patient various food …show more content…
Every year, 50,000 Indians die in
2,50,000 incidents of snake bites, despite the fact that India is not home for the largest number of venomous snakes in the world, nor is there a shortage of anti- snake venom in the country [2].
The available data on the epidemiology of snake bite from the Indian Subcontinent are sparse because most of the snake bites occur in illiterate, rural people who use witchcraft and traditional healers [3].
Joseph Fayrer of the Indian Medical Service first quantified human snakebite deaths in 1869 for about half of “British
India” (including modern Pakistan, Bangladesh and Burma), finding that 11,416 people had died of snakebites [4].
First aid is the provision of initial care for an illness or injury.
It is usually performed by non-expert, but trained personnel to a sick or injured person until definitive medical treatment can be accessed. Certain self-limiting illnesses or minor injuries may not require further medical care past the first aid intervention. It generally consists of a series of simple and in some cases, potentially life-saving techniques that an individual can be trained to perform with minimal equipment
[9]. …show more content…
Our data suggest similar values compared to recent global estimates of mortality from snakebite deaths [8]: the upper bounds of recent annual estimates were 94,000 deaths globally and 15,000 deaths in India.
In a study to see the tourniquet effectiveness to reduce the severity of envenoming after snake bite in Brazil clinical and laboratory data from patients who applied a tourniquet and who did not apply it after being bitten did not show any difference[9]. The tourniquet has to be applied by a professional so as to tie it with proper methods.
In Brazil in 1983-84, 730 cases of snake bite were seen six hours after the bite and received antivenom. There were no case of death [10]. This shows the effectiveness of ASV. Knowledge regarding Anti
Snake Venom was seen lagging amongst 81% of the affected population. This gap is to be filled with various awareness programmes and group activities educating the villagers of Vadgaon