154 Snake envenomation

154 Snake envenomation

Author: The Royal Veterinary College February 27, 2026 Duration: 58:24

Joining us on the podcast we are delighted to have the amazing Dr Claire Sharp. Claire is Associate Professor at Murdoch University (Perth, Australia) and has such a wide range of academic interests we could talk to her about anything from trauma to sepsis, coagulation to CPR but we thought we would have an antipodean chat about snake envenomation. From clinical presentation to tips on treatment recommendations as well as what the future holds, we hope that you enjoy.

Links to some relevant papers:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32743816/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32390184/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29857087/

To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 154 Snake envenomation with Claire Sharp. Published on Feb 26 2026

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