The purpose of this course is to outline the trauma, treatment, and preventive methods involved in bite and sting injuries caused by sharks, stingrays, lionfish, and jellyfish.
Course Publication Date:
January 17, 2019
This course is available with
NO ADDITIONAL FEE if you have an active
one year unlimited membership!
| Author: | Wanda Lockwood RN, BA, MA |
| Course No: | TIS010919 |
| Contact Hours: | 3.00 |
| Delivery Method: | Online Self Study |
| Category: | Medical & Surgical Issues
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Learning Objectives
- List 3 main types of unprovoked attacks by sharks.
- Explain the types of wounds and infections caused by shark bites.
- List at least 6 elements of treatment for shark bites.
- List at least 6 ways to prevent shark attacks and bites.
- List and explain the 2 basic types of stingrays that injure people.
- Explain how stingrays inject venom into a victim.
- List 3 types of symptoms related to stingray envenomation.
- List at least 3 methods for relieving the pain caused by stingray venom.
- List both localized symptoms and systemic reactions caused by lionfish stings.
- Discuss treatment for lionfish envenomation.
- Discuss the 3 main classes of jellyfish.
- Explain the mechanism by which jellyfish sting.
- List at least 4 symptoms of jellyfish envenomation.
- List at least 6 elements of treatment for jellyfish stings, including the method of neutralizing the nematocysts