Pre-hospital interventions in snakebite: A telephonic survey and follow up investigating snakebite envenoming from a tertiary care centre in Coastal Karnataka

Usha Wagle; Vrinda Lath; Vennila Jaganathan; Freston Marc Sirur

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0013334

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Pre-hospital interventions in snakebite: A telephonic survey and follow up investigating snakebite envenoming from a tertiary care centre in Coastal Karnataka

Usha Wagle ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Usha Wagle, Vrinda Lath, Freston Marc Sirur

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Emergency Medical Technology, Manipal College of Health Professions, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India, Centre for Wilderness Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
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Vrinda Lath ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Usha Wagle, Vrinda Lath, Freston Marc Sirur

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Emergency Medical Technology, Manipal College of Health Professions, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India, Centre for Wilderness Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India, Department of Emergency Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
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Vennila Jaganathan,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Manipal College of Health Professions, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
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Freston Marc Sirur

Contributed equally to this work with: Usha Wagle, Vrinda Lath, Freston Marc Sirur

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: Sirur.freston@gmail.com, Freston.sirur@manipal.edu

Affiliations Department of Emergency Medical Technology, Manipal College of Health Professions, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India, Centre for Wilderness Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India, Department of Emergency Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8095-2516

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Pre-hospital interventions in snakebite: A telephonic survey and follow up investigating snakebite envenoming from a tertiary care centre in Coastal Karnataka

Usha Wagle,
Vrinda Lath,
Vennila Jaganathan,
Freston Marc Sirur

Published: December 19, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013334

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