Duration: 2 days

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Target Audience: Primarily aimed at medical professionals working in peripheral centers, who are directly involved in snakebite care.

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Minimum Qualification: MBBS degree with national/ state medical council registration

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Objective: To address the critical knowledge gap in the effective treatment of snakebite victims, with a particular focus on challenges faced in rural healthcare setting.

​Key Components of the Training:

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• Briefly understand Identification of snakes  and venom toxicokinetics from the experts in the field

• Initial Patient Assessment: practice assessing patients immediately following a snakebite, an essential skill for determining the appropriate course of action.

• Bedside Coagulation Testing: learn how to perform and interpret bedside coagulation tests, an important aspect of monitoring and managing envenomation effects.

• Antivenom Administration: how to load and give antivenom. Anaphylaxis management

• Mechanical Ventilation Techniques: basic airway management, intubation and ventilation, basic modes

• Safe management of  surgical limb: when and who to refer? Fasciotomy and Hyperbaric oxygen therapy 

• Safe Transport Practices: when and how to transport. Guidance on the best practices for safely transporting snakebite victims to tertiary care center.

Registration Fee : ₹3540/- inclusive of GST

• Breakfast and Lunch included

• Accommodation not included