Table 1.
Summary of survey questions with themes and gaps addressed.
Fig 1.
Flow diagram of patient recruitment and inclusion in the study.
Table 2.
Demographics, Circumstances, Season, method of identification, Species identified and length of hospitalization.
Table 3.
Frequency distribution of first responders following snakebite and types of initial responses provided to the patients.
Table 4.
Associations between intervention, healthcare facility visited and stability with outcomes at the time of discharge/outcome of that hospitalization of the snakebite event (categorized as Death, Discharge with full recovery, Discharge with disability/Organ dysfunction and Discharge against medical advice).
Table 5.
Association of Tourniquet with Time to hospitalization.
Table 6.
Frequency distribution of level & order of healthcare facilities visited.
Fig 2.
Bar chart showing time taken to reach first Healthcare Centre.
Table 7.
Frequency distribution of level of transport used.
Table 8.
Frequency table for challenges faced in receiving medical care.
Table 9.
Frequency distribution of ambulance availability.
Fig 3.
Mapping of areas where ambulance services were reported as unavailable.
The base shapefile used for district boundaries was sourced from the GitHub repository (District.zip, available at: https://github.com/JKAY3366/karnataka_pop_by_hr), which is licensed under CC BY 4.0. All maps were created solely using shapefile from GitHub. All mapping and spatial analyses were performed using QGIS software (https://qgis.org/). No additional base layer was incorporated from QGIS.
Fig 4.
2-D bar chat representing Current Disability during Telephonic interview.
Fig 5.
Bar chart representing the frequency of post-bite snake handling.
Fig 6.
2-D car chart representing current attitude and knowledge towards snakebite.
Fig 7.
Images of the bitten limb with tourniquet.
Fig 8.
Images of bitten limbs with topical application of herbal remedies.
Fig 9.
Images of the bitten limbs with preadmission incisions.