If the patient is still in the sea, immediately remove from the water.
Immerse the stung limb in hot water, ensuring first that it is not so hot that skin damage may occur.
If the patient has not had tetanus immunisation booster within the last 5 years, ensure this is given by the local doctor.
Seek medical help.
If the patient is still in the sea, immediately remove from the water.
Immerse the stung limb in hot water, ensuring first that it is not so hot that skin damage may occur.
If the patient has not had tetanus immunisation booster within the last 5 years, ensure this is given by the local doctor.
If the wound becomes more red and painful after 24 hours seek medical help (possible secondary infection).
If the patient is still in the sea, immediately remove from the water.
Staunch any profuse bleeding with application of local pressure bandage.
Immerse the stung limb in hot water, ensuring first that it is not so hot that skin damage may occur.
Unless the wound is a trivial one confined to a limb, medical help should be sought urgently.
If the patient has not had tetanus immunisation booster within the last 5 years, ensure this is given by the local doctor.
If the wound becomes more red and painful after 24 hours seek medical help (possible secondary infection).
If the patient is still in the sea, immediately remove from the water.
Maintain vital functions, especially respiration; if impaired (use of "ABC").
Apply a pressure immobilisation bandage, as for snakebite.
Seek urgent medical help.
If the wound becomes more red and painful after 24 hours seek medical help (possible secondary infection).
If the patient is still in the sea, immediately remove from the water, avoiding further stings (use caution as the tentacles may be difficult to see).
Immediately douse the stung area with copious quantities of household vinegar.
Some authorities recommend that if the sting involves more than half of one limb in area, then apply a pressure immobilisation bandage and douse with further copious vinegar. There is recent evidence suggesting a pressure immobilisation bandage may actually worsen envenoming. This question is currently unresolved.
Maintain vital functions, if impaired (use of "ABC"). If the patient has no pulse then use external cardiac compression and keep this going, if necessary, for a prolonged period, with an optimistic outlook.
Urgently seek medical help.
Cold packs are often helpful for pain relief.
This is more controversial and dependant on species, but for some, notably the bluebottle (Portuguese man-o-war) vinegar is not appropriate. Water (even ice water) should not be used on any jellyfish sting, as this may increase envenoming. Application of a cold pack is always useful.
As for other snake bites, using pressure immobilisation method.