Pests of Paradise : : First Aid and Medical Treatment of Injuries from Hawai'i's Animals / / Susan Scott, Craig Thomas.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015
• VerfasserIn: Scott, Susan,; Thomas, Craig,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2023]; ©2000
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (204 p.)

Do earwigs really crawl into people's ears? Is the sting of a Hawaiian scorpion medically dangerous? What is leptospirosis, and how can we avoid it? Pests of Paradise, a carefully researched and well-illustrated reference book about injuries and infections from animals found in Hawai'i, answers these questions and many more in everyday language and in a user-friendly format.Of value to both medical professionals and the general public, this handbook describes each animal in words and color photos, then identifies the mechanism of injury, incidence, prevention, and signs and symptoms of injury or infection. The authors offer first aid recommendations and discuss advanced medical treatment based on the latest published literature. Health-care workers, naturalists, hikers, parents, and child-care providers will find Pests of Paradise a highly useful and informative reference.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Quick Guide to Injuries from Hawai'i's Animals -- Quick Guide to Hawai'i's Animal-Caused Diseases -- Part 1 Injuries from Animals -- ANT BITES AND STINGS -- BEDBUG BITES -- BEE STINGS -- BOTFLY INFESTATIONS -- CAT BITES AND SCRATCHES -- CENTIPEDE STINGS -- COCKROACH EAR INVASIONS AND ALLERGIES -- DOG BITES -- EARWIG EAR INVASIONS -- FLEA BITES -- FLY BITES AND CONTAMINATION -- FROG SECRETIONS -- KISSING BUG BITES -- LICE INFESTATIONS -- MILLIPEDE SPRAY -- MITE BITES AND ALLERGIES -- MOSQUITO BITES -- SCORPION STINGS -- SPIDER BITES -- TICK BITES -- TOAD SECRETIONS -- WASP STINGS -- WORM INFESTATIONS -- WOUND CARE -- Part 2 Animal-Caused Diseases -- BRUCELLOSIS (Undulant Fever) -- EOSINOPHILIC MENINGITIS -- LAYSAN FEVER -- LEPTOSPIROSIS -- MURINE TYPHUS -- TRICHINOSIS -- NOTES AND REFERENCES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS