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Pain from bluebottle jellyfish stings
Author(s) -
Li Li,
McGee Richard G,
Webster Angela C
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/jpc.12861
Subject(s) - jellyfish , medicine , randomized controlled trial , sting , pain relief , surgery , fishery , engineering , biology , aerospace engineering
An 11‐year‐old girl presented to the emergency department with severe pain after a jellyfish sting at a N ew S outh W ales beach. B luebottle ( Physalia ) jellyfish was deemed the most likely cause considering her geographical location. The A ustralian R esuscitation C ouncil G uideline (2010) suggests immersing in water as hot as can be tolerated for 20 min for treating pain from jellyfish stings. This guideline was written based on past case reports, books and randomised controlled trials (RCTs). We performed a search to assess the most current evidence for relief of pain from Bluebottle jellyfish stings, which yielded two systematic reviews and seven RCT s. Both systematic reviews had similar conclusions, with one of the RCT s used in both reviews showing the most relevance to our presenting patient in terms of demographics, location and jellyfish type. This journal club article is an appraisal of this RCT by L oten et al . and the validity of its conclusion that hot water immersion is most effective for the relief of pain from Bluebottle stings.