Stone fish sting

[markfm]

Would this little beauty be a stone fish or a scorpion?
http://markfm.dynalias.org/Photos/Curacao0307/album/slides/P3120136Scorpion.html
Thanks!

 

[Bubble Junky]

Would this little beauty be a stone fish or a scorpion?

That's a scorpion fish, this is a stonefish (below).

 

[markfm]

Thanks -- I thought so, but wanted to check (little buggers were everywhere in Curacao)

 

[doghouse]

Looks like another reason to stay off the bottom

 

[Sylvain]

I seem to remember that ASAP you should also try to keep the venom localised with restrictive bandaging or a torniquet. Should make the heat treatment more effective.

And on a lighter note you should take the affected diver's knife away from him as apparently the pain can get so intense that victims have been known to want to cut off the affected limb.

I think that restrictive bandaging andtorniquet is something that is to be use in last last resort and I think that the usage of such technique is not recommended at all as it could generate other medical condition I think that a review of first aid is req before using restrictive bandaging or torniquet.

 

[jon m]

saw a scorpion fish in about 2' of water in Hawaii... people tromping everywhere. showed it to my wife, and we laughed... maybe it will teach folks not to walk on the reef, ya?

 

[hollywood703]

once a tourniquet is applied, if any length of time passes, the blood in the affected area becomes toxic, and can not be allowed to return to the body, so do not do it unless you are losing blood so fast that you wouldnt make it to a hospital/medical treatment. a lot of the time when a tourniquet is applied amputation near the tourniquet is not uncommon.

 

[Mako Mark]

And seek immediate medical attention.

R..

Err, yeah thanks Ro, unless you can get morphine over the counter where you are, you will probably need to see a doctor.

I think that restrictive bandaging andtorniquet is something that is to be use in last last resort and I think that the usage of such technique is not recommended at all as it could generate other medical condition .

Tourniquet no, restrictive bandaging perhaps.

As with any venom injected to an extremity, limiting activity will reduce the spread of the venom and hopefully damage.

I have not met anyone that has stepped on one, but aparently it is one of the most excruciating things on earth, up there with Irukanji. Makes childbirth look like a walk in the park.

 

[Bubble Junky]

There's a great account of a stonefish sting and the ensuing problems in this book:

 

[Andy_W]

Any doctor around?
will it be better to treat it like snake bite? make the wound bigger (cut it) and let the blood on the effected area to flow out the body :huh: