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Review
. 1995 May;6(2):203-19.
doi: 10.1580/1080-6032(1995)006[0203:c]2.3.co;2.

Cobras

T M Davidson  1 , S Schafer, J Killfoil
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Cobras

T M Davidson et al. Wilderness Environ Med. 1995 May.

Abstract

Human encounters with cobras in Africa and Asia are common with substantial mortality and primarily respiratory paralysis in untreated cases. First aid includes maintaining calm, placing a lymphatic retardant on the bitten extremity, and transportation to a medical facility. Medical management is antivenin. Physiologic monitoring and the ability to manage the compromised airway are important.

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