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Wilderness: Blue-Ringed Octopus Bite (cont.)

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.

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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.