Sea Shells, blue ring octopus, and Fish Rock

CONE SHELL (SEA BIVALVE)

At sea there are also brightly colored shells. Everything must be treated with caution and do not hold with bare hands. Part stinging from the animals that live in shells can reach every surface of the body.

There will be a feeling of thickness and puncture wound which spreads from the sting area. It also can cause respiratory paralysis, which resulted in cessation of heart or respiratory failure.

Treatment:

These symptoms can persist for six hours, and if the victim did not die from respiratory muscle paralysis within such period, then the victim must be recovered. Therefore respiratory assistance - artificial respiration - must be performed at least as long as six hours.

Basic treatment is to limit the spread of toxins in the blood by placing the ligature between the body and limb wounds, and making incisions in the wound area for the issue may (poison).

Apart from mouth to mouth breathing can also be carried ordering the victim to recover the heart completely.

Blue Ring Octopus

Small animals have dicelah gullies, and if he feels disturbed berwarnba will issue a blue ring on the surface of the body. Bite not usually painful and small. But if left unchecked could cause (poison) will spread into the body and cause paralysis which can lead to cessation of bernafasan.

Treatment:

Help with artificial respiration for 6-12 hours. Installation of wide tourniquet above the wound and the incision should be done immediately after the bite was found. We recommend that the victims brought to the nearest health facility.

Prevention:

Do not handle these animals.

Stonefish (Stone Fish)

Fish is disguised with coral or the surrounding environment can be injected through the spine so hard that the victim through the skin.

Symptoms are severe pain with inflammation of adjacent tissue, and sometimes can happen more severe symptoms such as shock, respiratory disorders, and coma.

Treatment:

All the sting of fish / sea animals should be treated equally, ie, installing a wide ligature and reduced pain with local anestetikum injected in the skin around the wound. If not, soak the injured limb in hot water (45 C) for 30 minutes to reduce the pain and relieve symptoms by destroying poison.

Prevention:

Do not handle these fish and use a shoe with a thick and strong base in the area known many of these fish.