Education on treating snakebite
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Snakebite
- Registration Number
- SLCTR/2013/023
- Lead Sponsor
- SACTRC-South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
•All hospitals in NWP including Base Hospitals, District Hospitals and Peripheral Units.
•Doctors and nurses involved in management of snake bite
Exclusion Criteria
Teaching Hospital, Kurunegala as it is the tertiary referral centre for all other hospitals in the NWP
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Improvement of documentation in BHT (using a pre-determined checklist of 20 key items of information)<br> [At the completion of one year following the educational intervention]<br>Improvement of management (as determined by an expert group who will compare the management with the SLMA guideline) [At the completion of one year following the educational intervention]<br>Reduced transfers for specialized care (using hospital records) [At the completion of one year following the educational intervention]<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Reduction in the number of complications<br>1.1. Number needing ICU care<br>1.2. Number experiencing ADR following antivenom<br>1.3. Number experiencing severe anaphylaxis following antivenom<br>1.4. Duration of hospital stay<br>1.5. Case fatality rate<br> [At the completion of one year following the educational intervention]<br>