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AU Welch,E,B,; Gales,B.J.

TI Use of stun guns for venomous bites and stings: a review

QU Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2001; 12: 111-7

PT review

AB During the past 2 decades, articles suggesting that stun guns be utilized to treat venomous bites and stings have appeared in both the lay and medical press. Although never widely considered to be standard therapy for venomous bites and stings, stun guns are still considered to be a treatment option by some medical practitioners and outdoor enthusiasts. A Medline search was performed using these terms: venomous bites, venomous stings, snake bites, spider bites, electrical, stun gun, high voltage electricity, low amperage electricity, direct current, and shock therapy. Articles selected included laboratory-based isolated venom studies, animal studies, and case reports involving humans in which a stun gun or some other source of high voltage, low amperage direct current electric shocks were used to treat actual or simulated venomous bites or stings. We concluded that the use of stun guns or other sources of high voltage, low amperage direct current electric shocks to treat venomous bites and stings is not supported by the literature.

AD Welch,E.B.; St Anthony Hosp, SWOSHU Pharm Educ, POB 205, Oklahoma City, OK 73101 USA

SP englisch

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