EM Cases · Spider and marine envenomation
Funnel-web spider envenomation — resus station
ACEM Fellowship OSCE resus testing PIB rules, funnel-web antivenom dosing, and cardiomyopathy awareness.
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Prompt
Rural adult with confirmed funnel-web bite, PIB in situ, autonomic storm and evolving pulmonary oedema.
Station brief
Format. Clinical-management (resus) station, 11 minutes. You are the EM consultant.
Candidate instruction. Manage from trolley handover. State actions and reasoning aloud.
References2ShowHide
- [1]Isbister GK, Gray MR, Balit CR, et al. Funnel-web spider bite: a systematic review of recorded clinical cases. Med J Aust, 2005.PMID 15850438
- [2]Isbister GK, Sellors KV, Beckmann U, et al. Catecholamine-induced cardiomyopathy resulting from life-threatening funnel-web spider envenoming. Med J Aust, 2015.PMID 26424069