While exciting, observing marine life in their environment comes with a risk. Injuries, though rare, may occur as a result of an uninformed swimmer or diver’s actions. The Hazardous Marine Life reference book examines the most common hazardous marine life that water enthusiasts may encounter and introduces the mechanisms of injury, techniques for injury prevention and application of first aid.
In this book, you’ll learn about:
- Chapter 1 – Envenomations
- Fire Coral
- Portuguese Man-of-War
- Poisson-lion
- Blue-Ringed Octopus
- Box Jellyfish
- Cone Snails
- Chapter 2 – Traumatic Injuries and Complications
- Skin Abrasions
- Stingrays
- Sea Urchins
- Chapter 3 – Seafood Poisonings
- Ciguatera
- Empoisonnement des poissons par les scombridés
- Marée rouge et intoxications par les coquillages
- Chapter 4 – Appendix
- Thermolyse
- Antivenins
- Technique d'immobilisation par pression
Crédits :
Rédacteur en chef : Petar Denoble, MD, DSc
Editor: Matias Nochetto, MD