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Wilderness: Blue-Ringed Octopus Bite (cont.)

Medical Author:
Scott D Fell, DO, FAAEM
Medical Editor:
Charles Patrick Davis, MD, PhD
Charles Patrick Davis, MD, PhD
Charles Patrick Davis, MD, PhD

Dr. Charles "Pat" Davis, MD, PhD, is a board certified Emergency Medicine doctor who currently practices as a consultant and staff member for hospitals. He has a PhD in Microbiology (UT at Austin), and the MD (Univ. Texas Medical Branch, Galveston). He is a Clinical Professor (retired) in the Division of Emergency Medicine, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, and has been the Chief of Emergency Medicine at UT Medical Branch and at UTHSCSA with over 250 publications.

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When to Seek Medical Assistance

A victim of a blue-ringed octopus bite needs medical assistance as soon as possible.

  • Seek hospital treatment as quickly as possible.
  • The victim will often need intensive supportive care, usually involving endotracheal intubation (inserting a tube down the trachea) and mechanical ventilation.
  • Do not handle or carry a blue-ringed octopus.
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Octopuses, which are organisms of the class Cephalopoda in the phylum Mollusca, are generally harmless and unlikely to be aggressive unless provoked.

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