Medical Emergencies Caused by Aquatic Animals A Zoological and Clinical Guide /

• Main Author: Haddad Jr, Vidal (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Dermatology.; Emergency medicine.; Tropical medicine.; Zoology.; Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Medicine & Public Health.; Emergency Medicine.; Tropical Medicine.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.

The present book is intended as a reference guide for emergency and ambulatory care medicine, providing essential information on the most important problems and incidents caused by venomous, poisoning and traumatic marine and freshwater animals. Indeed, though emergencies caused by aquatic animals a...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Invertebrate Aquatic Animals
• Injuries by Vertebrate Aquatic Animals-Phylum Chordata (Fish, Reptiles and Mammals)
• Ingestion of Aquatic Venomous Animals: Toxinology, Clinical Aspects and Treatment
• Bacterial and Fungi Infections in Aquatic Environments.