Sri Lankan Snakes

Extract from “ Handbook on the Management of Snake Bite in Sri Lanka” © S.A.M. Kularatne

• Snakes - Introduction
• Venomous snakes of Sri Lanka
• Snake venom
• Medically important snakes of Sri Lanka
• Identification and morphological characteristics
• Epidemiology and clinical manifestations
• First aid
• Management at a peripheral hospital
• Management of snake bite in a tertiary care hospital
• Special situations (children, elderly, pregnancy and underlying diseases)
• Misjudged diagnosis of snake bite
• Health education on the prevention of snake bite
• Summary (management in brief)
• Deaths due to snake bite in Sri Lanka: audit
• Reference