Basics of Clinical Envenoming and Poisoning

Meeting Room: Vernon Harcourt Room, South Building, St Hilda’s College, Oxford

Registration: South Building Foyer

Date: Thursday, 24th September

Didactic course for younger doctors and scientists to provide a basic introduction to clinical aspects of envenoming and poisoning, accessible to both non-clinical and clinical scientists.

Organisers:

>Professor David Warrell, University of Oxford, UK
>Professor Julian White, University of Adelaide, Australia

Faculty:

>Professor Fábio Bucaretchi (FB) Campinas, Brazil
>Dr Rick C Dart (RCD) Colorado, USA
>Professor Dr Dietrich Mebs (DM) Frankfurt, Germany
>Professor Sanjib Kumar Sharma (SKS) Dharan, Nepal
>Professor David A Warrell (DAW) Oxford, UK
>Professor Julian White (JW) Adelaide, Australia
>Dr David J Williams (DJW) Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

Programme:

CHAIR: David A Warrell

1000-1030: Venomous animals, their venoms and poisons, venom delivery, ecology – DM 30 minutes
1030-1130: The most important venomous snakes, epidemiology and treatment of snake-bites in:
1030-1050: North/Middle America RCD 20
1050-1110: South America FB 20
1110-1130: Europe & Africa DAW 20
1130-1145: Coffee break 15

CHAIR: Rick C Dart

1145-1205: Australia JW 20
1205-1225: Oceania DJW 20
1225-1245: Asia DAW 20
1245-1300: Discussion
1300-1400: Lunch
1400-1520: Principles of Clinical Management of snake-bites

CHAIR: Julian White

1400-1420: First-aid Treatment DJW 20
1420-1440: Clinical assessment and diagnosis DAW 20
1440-1500: Medical Treatment JW 20
1500-1520: Prevention SKS 20
1520-1620: Arthropod bites/stings epidemiology and treatment:
1520-1535: Australia JW 15
1535-1550: North/Middle America RCD 15
1550-1605: South America FB 15
1605-1620: The Old World (Middle-East, Africa, Asia) DAW 15
1620-1635: Coffee break

CHAIR: David J Williams

1635-1730: Marine envenoming and poisoning
1635-1705: Marine bites and stings JW 30
1705-1730: Marine poisoning DAW 25