Question

A 33-year-old man sustains a snake bite on a rural property in northern Australia. He arrives 1 hour later, anxious but haemodynamically stable, with minimal local swelling and no neurotoxic or coagulopathic signs. What is the most appropriate initial management?

Accepted Answer

Apply a pressure immobilisation bandage and immobilise the limb

Answer

Apply a tourniquet tightly above the bite

Answer

Incise and suck the wound

Answer

Give prophylactic antivenom immediately

Answer

Discharge with reassurance

Practice question

A 33-year-old man sustains a snake bite on a rural property in northern Australia. He arrives 1 hour later, anxious but haemodynamically stable, with minimal local swelling and no neurotoxic or coagulopathic signs. What is the most appropriate initial management?