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

'Tis the season for venomous bites, stings.

Bites and stings from venomous animals: a neglected Brazilian tropical disease.

Effects of stun guns and tasers.

contractions and sensory responses, such as various degrees of pain and the feeling of exhaustion. The electrodes are fixed in stun guns but are shot out as darts from tasers. These devices produce electrical stimuli in the form of short-duration (small fraction of a millisecond), repetitive pulses (5–30 pulses/s), each of 50 000 volts. Since currents can be conducted by electrical arcs, effect...

[Recording of venomous bites and stings by National Information Systems in Brazil].

This paper highlights the epidemiological surveillance of venomous bites and stings according to four national information systems: SINAN (National Databank of Major Causes of Morbidity), SINITOX (National Information System on Poisoning), SIH-SUS (Hospital Information System of the Unified Health System), and SIM (Mortality Information System). The authors conclude that each information system...

Infrared thermography to diagnose and manage venomous animal bites and stings.

INTRODUCTION Infrared imaging (IR) is a noninvasive technique that quantifies body surface temperature, producing a digital color image. IR has been used to study diseases in which skin temperature can reflect the presence of inflammation. METHODS This was an observational pilot study of eight patients envenomed by snakes, spiders, and scorpions. All patients were examined using a thermal cam...