RT Book, Section A1 Dart, Richard C. A1 White, Julian A2 Tintinalli, Judith E. A2 Stapczynski, J. Stephan A2 Ma, O. John A2 Yealy, Donald M. A2 Meckler, Garth D. A2 Cline, David M. SR Print(0) ID 1121493838 T1 Reptile Bites T2 Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 8e YR 2016 FD 2016 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071794763 LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1121493838 RD 2024/03/19 AB An estimated 1.5 to 3 million bites and possibly greater than 100,000 deaths occur each year in the world from venomous snakes.1 The American Association of Poison Control Centers reports an average of 6000 bites each year, approximately 2000 of them by venomous snakes. Because of underreporting, the true number of snakebites is possibly as high as 45,000 per year in the United States, with 7000 to 8000 by venomous snakes.2 The major venomous snakes of the world can be divided into three groups: Viperidae (vipers and pit vipers), Elapidae (includes Hydrophiinae, or sea snakes; see chapter 213, titled "Marine Trauma and Envenomation"), and the diverse group of non–front-fanged colubrid snakes (former family Colubridae, now split into several families).