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Monday, June
1, 2009 |
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All posters to be displayed throughout the meeting. Authors of posters #1 - 5 with their posters today at first break Posters: 1) Metabolic profile shifts in mammalian kidney cells caused by pit viper venoms -- Benson Morrill; 2) 60 year-old male with hemoconcentration, bloody diarrhea, and altered mental status secondary to intravascular crotalid envenomation -- Bo Burns; 3) Eastern Coral Snake (Micrurus fulvius fulvius) Envenomations -- Joe Pittman; 4) Venom analysis of long-term captive Pakistan cobra (Naja naja) populations - Cassandra Modahl; 5) Snakes in vicinity of Chitwan National Park - The World Heritage Site, Lowland,Nepal - Deb Pandey
Abstracts without
posters: 12) Eastern Diamondback rattlesnake envenomation of dogs: 31
cases (1982 - 2002) -- J. Willey & M. Schaer;
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A model of empowering paramedics in the management and research in
snakebite in resource poor setting --10 years outcome -- Sanjib Sharma |
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7:00 - 8:00 |
Continental
Breakfast |
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8:00 - 8:15 |
Greetings and
announcements |
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8:15 - 8:45 |
Snail toxins – Baldomero Olivera |
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8:45 - 9:15 |
Ciguatoxin and tetrodotoxin in fish eggs: Implications for evolution
and public health -- Joe Alcock |
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9:15 - 9:30 |
Variation in
venom composition: Sources and influence upon envenomation sequelae
-- Stephen Mackessy |
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9:30 - 10:00 |
Refreshment Break and Poster Session (Authors with Posters #1 - 5) |
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10:00 - 10:15 |
Plants against snake envenomation -- Jaya Vejayan |
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10:15 - 10:30 |
Rattlesnake
preference for envenomated over non-envenomated mice -- Anthony
Saviola |
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10:30 - 10:45 |
Variation of
venom composition in wild caught, captive adult and neonatal
Crotalus Atrox --Osterhout |
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10:45 - 11:00 |
Snakebite
First-aid Education and its Impact in |
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11:00 - 11:15 |
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11:15 - 11:30 |
Rattlesnake
versus Agkistrodon envenomations: Venom Effects Differences
-- Ryan Chuang |
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11:30 - Noon |
Significant local envenoming by the Western hognose snake (Heterodon
nasicus):
A case report -- Dan Keyler |
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Noon - 1 pm |
Luncheon
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1:00 - 1:30 |
Twenty-year
review of the Wilderness Medical Society envenomation literature – Loren Greenway |
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2:00 - 3:00 |
The Academy
of Wilderness Medicine – Loren Greenway |
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3:00 - 3:15 |
Refreshment Break and Poster Session |
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3:15 - 4:00 |
Desert
medicine – Tony Islas |
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4:00 - 5:00 |
Hyponatremia
in the desert adventurer – Tony Islas |
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5:00 - 5:15 |
My life as a snakebite victim - Harrison & Wiley |
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5:15 - 5:30 |
Atractaspis envenomation – Sean Bush |
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5:30 - 5:45 |
A "case
series" of Asiatic cobra envenomations in the US -- Mariya Farooqi |
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Academic
Session Ends |
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6:00 - 8:00 |
Opening
Reception |
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Tuesday, June
2, 2009 |
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All posters to be displayed throughout the meeting. Authors of posters #6 - 10 with their posters today at first break Posters:
6)
Scorpion antivenom
administered via alternative infusions -- J. Mosier; 7) Veterinary
Scorpion Stings -- Denise Holzman; 8)
Impact of delayed presentation, transport method and first aid use
on antivenom dosage at Abstracts without
posters:
12) Eastern Diamondback rattlesnake envenomation of dogs: 31
cases (1982 - 2002) -- J. Willey & M. Schaer;
13)
A model of empowering paramedics in the management and research in
snakebite in resource poor setting --10 years outcome -- Sanjib Sharma
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7:00 - 8:00 |
Continental
breakfast |
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8:00 - 8:15 |
Greetings and
general information |
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8:15 - 8:45 |
Snake
Taxonomy and it's importance to the clinician – Wolfgang Wüster |
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8:45 - 9:00 |
Captive cobra (Naja sp.) cases in North America (1984 - 2009)
– Dan Keyler |
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9:00 - 9:15 |
The Miami-Dade Antivenom Bank: A model for exotic antivenom availability -- Jeffrey Fobb |
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9:15 - 9:45 |
The
impracticality of good medical care: Foreign antivenom use in the
United States -- Leslie Boyer |
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9:45 - 10:15 |
Refreshment Break and Poster Session (Authors with Posters # 6- 10) |
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10:15 - 10:45 |
A national
serum depot in the Netherlands -- Marieke Dijkman |
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10:45 - 11:15 |
Viper bites in Africa: Epidemiology and management – Jean-Phillippe
Chippeaux |
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11:15 - 11:45 |
Fab AV in
Severe Envenomations – Eric Lavonas |
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11:45 - 12:30 |
Challenging
issues in clinical snake bite management – David Warrell |
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12:30 - 1:45 |
Luncheon
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Concurrent:
Media Interviews |
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12:30 - 5:30 |
Concurrent: Display |
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1:45 - 2:15 |
Envenomations in remote areas – Julian White |
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2:15 - 2:45 |
Managing Envenomations in Adverse Environments – David Warrell |
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2:45 - 3:15 |
A zoo conservation program for the Aruba Island rattlesnake -- Andrew Odum |
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3:15 - 3:45 |
A venomous husbandry and management course for U.S. facilities –
Jessi Krebs |
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3:45 - 4:00 |
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4:00 - 4:30 |
Risks of envenomation to zookeepers – Julian White |
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4:30 - 4:45 |
Managing a quasi-public venomous animal collection -- Bob Myers |
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4:45 - 5:15 |
Randomised double-blind trial of two new antivenoms for envenoming by saw-scaled or carpet vipers (Echis ocellatus) in Nigeria - David Warrell |
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5:15 - 5:45 |
A critical overview of medically significant "Colubrid" bites –
Scott Weinstein |
| 5:45 - 6:00 | Bites and stings in the wake of storms -- Cynthia Younger |
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Academic
Session Ends |
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Evening Free |
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Wednesday,
June 3, 2009 |
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Posters to be displayed throughout the meeting |
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7:00 - 8:00 |
Continental breakfast |
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8:00 - 8:15 |
Greetings and general information |
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8:15 - 8:45 |
Regulatory issues / FDA – Dorothy Scott |
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8:45 - 9:15 |
WHO global antivenom initiative – Julian White |
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9:15 - 9:45 |
Envenomations in Pregnancy –
William Rayburn, Michael Wolfe, Gene LaMonica |
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9:45 - 10:00 |
Refreshment Break |
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10:00 - 10:30 |
The recominant disintegrin of the mohave rattlesnake – Elda Sanchez |
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10:30 - 11:00 |
Developments in venom analysis – Alejandro Alagon |
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11:00 - 11:30 |
The evolution and diversification of the
reptile venom system – Bryan Fry |
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11:30 - Noon |
Colubrid venoms: Pharmacology vs. biologic role – Kenneth Kardong |
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Noon - 1:00 |
Luncheon
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Concurrent w/
Luncheon: Antivenom Index Advisors/Medical Advisors Meeting |
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1:00 - 1:45 |
Rattlesnakebite-induced shock in central Arizona – Steve Curry
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1:45 - 2:15 |
What the
Helleri is going on in Southern California? Thrombotic
strokes following CroFab-treated Southern Pacific rattlesnake (Crotalus
organus helleri) envenoming – Sean Bush |
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2:15 - 2:45 |
Recurrent
coagulopathy after Crotalus cerberus envenomation treated
with Crotalidae Polyvalent Immune Fab (Ovine) antivenom [FabAV] --
Jeremy Racy |
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2:45 - 3:15 |
Recurrence data in rattlesnake bites – Michelle Ruha |
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3:15 - 3:30 |
Refreshment Break and Poster Session |
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3:30 - 4:00 |
US native snakebites reported to the AAPCC database, 2001 - 2005:
Demographics, clinical effects and treatment – Steven Seifert
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4:00 - 4:30 |
Subacute coagulopathy in snake envenomation: A randomized comparative trial of Fab and F(ab')2 antivenoms in Arizona --Leslie Boyer |
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4:30 - 5:00 |
Tissue injury and effect of CroFab® - Eric Lavonas |
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5:00 - 5:15 |
Use of physical therapy in successful recovery after snakebite - Harrison & Wiley |
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Coral snake antivenom update – Dorothy Scott |
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Academic
Session Ends |
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7:00 |
Gala Dinner
at the Hotel Albuquerque |
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Thursday,
June 4, 2009 |
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7:00 - 8:00 |
Continental
breakfast |
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8:00 - 8:15 |
Greetings and
general information |
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8:15 - 8:45 |
Scorpion
envenomation in Arizona: Status10 years after cessation of U.S.
scorpion antivenom production – Leslie Boyer |
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8:45 - 9:15 |
Scorpions of the Southwestern USA: Biodiversity, ecology, and
natural history – David Sissom |
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9:15 - 9:30 |
Species
identification, venom analysis and the clinical importance of an
unknown Centruroides collected in New Mexico -- Daniel Massey |
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9:30 - 9:45 |
The cost-effectiveness of antivenom treatment in pediatric patients
stung by scorpions --Maja Bakall
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9:45 - 10:00 |
Refreshment
break |
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10:00 - 10:30 |
Are venom
characteristics of North American brown spiders (Loxosceles) predictable
based on species relationships?
– Greta Binford |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | Detection of femtogram amounts of brown recluse venom by ELISA using "super polyclonal" antibodies -- William Stoecker |
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10:45 - 11:15 |
The myth of the brown recluse spider: mythconceptions,
mythidentifications and mythdiagnoses – Rick Vetter |
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11:15 - Noon |
Symposium Wrap-up; Feedback; Next Venom Week |
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End of
Symposium |
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