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This page is your entry to the Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center's monthly newsletter on all things envenomations!
News From The Pit aims to stimulate conversation, spread awareness, and discuss challenges with everything from avoiding snake encounters to clinically managing a life-threatening envenomation.
January- Spilling The Tea on the 7 T's
February- Cut and Suck: Good for Limes but Bad for Snake Bites
March- Icing Out Cryotherapy
April- Are You Ready to Spring into Action this Snake Season?
May- The Notorious "Mohave Green" Rattlesnake
June- Down with the Serum Sickness
July- No Snake, No Bite. Rattlesnake Prevention As An Overlooked Aspect of Public Safety
August- No Entry, No Snake-Rattlesnake Fencing as Physical Prevention
September- Guest Interview: Deputy Chief Greg VanAlstine (Santa Rita Fire District's Snake Removal Service)
October- As Temperatures Cool, Rattlesnake Activity Heats Up: Fall Safety Tips
Special Edition- Tales From the Pit: The Ones You Don't See Coming
December- Snake Pills...or Snake Oil?
January - Rattlesnake Bites During Breastfeeding
February - sPLA2 Inhibition for the Treatment of Snakebite Envenoming
March - Venomics: Cracking the Code
April- Don't Get Easily Rattled This Snake Season
May - Everyone Wins with TEG
June - How Much Does It Cost to be Bitten by a Rattlesnake
July- Thromboelastography (TEG) and Snakebites
August- Rattlesnake Venom Variation: What is it and why does it matter?
September - Don't Be Rattled by Venomous Snake Identification
October - Watt's Up with Electrotherapy in Snake Envenomation
November - History of Pitviper Antivenom in the United States
December - Shooting Blanks: Dry Bites in Arizona
January - Bleeding Out (hemotoxicity from rattlesnake venom)
February - The Things We Do For Blood (management of bleeding in rattlesnake envenomations)
March - Keeping Thin (antiplatelets and anticogulants in rattlesnake envenomation)
April - Platelets and Pain (NSAIDs in rattlesnake envenomation)
May - Bothrops lanceolatus (the snake that literally gives you a heart attack)
June - It's in the Blood: DIC and VICC
July - Thick and Thin (treatment of thrombosis in snake envenomation)
August - Platelets and Fibrinogen
September - Antivenom Index
October - Rattlesnake Bites During Pregnancy
November - Not a Tall Tale, Just a Long Tale
December - Better Late Than Never
AZPDIC Rattlesnake Bite Publication List
AZPDIC Rattlesnake Bite Bleeding Severity Criteria
AZPDIC Rattlesnake Bite Coagulopathy Definitions
AZPDIC Rattlesnake Bite Discharge Instructions-Patients
AZPDIC Rattlesnake Bite Recovery- Primary Care Provider Guidance
AZPDIC Rattlesnake Bite Discharge Instructions-Patients (Spanish)