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Short Answer Questions for ED Fellowship Study

Case: Funnel-web spider bite

You are the day consultant in a large regional ED on the east coast of NSW. You have received notice from the local ambulance service that they are bringing in a 4-year-old boy bitten on the right lower leg by a spider – identified only as ‘large and black’. He has a pressure immobilisation bandage (PIB) in-situ.

1. What is the role of the PIB? (1 mark) 1 mark

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2. How is it applied? (1 mark) 1 mark

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3. What features differentiate funnel-web spider bite from that of a red-back spider? (2 marks) 2 marks

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4. What are the main features of a funnel-web spider bite that would lead you to consider anti-venom (at least 2 features in each group)? (4 marks) 4 marks

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He appears unwell and peri-arrest on arrival.

5. What would be your approach to resuscitation of this patient? (4 marks) 4 marks

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