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Venom Response Envenomation Calls VENOM RESPONSE ENVENOMATION CALLS Unit Opening date June 9, 1998 1998 July-August-September • Coral Snake • Black Widow • Unknown Pit Viper • Unknown = Southern Ringneck • Unknown = Black Racer • Unknown = non-venomous • Unknown = Red Rat snake 1999 (cont.) • Eastern Diamondback July-August-September October-November-December • Unknown = Banded Water • Pygmy Rattler snake • Burmese Python • Scorpion sting • Scorpion sting (pediatric) • Unknown = Black Racer • Scorpion sting • Garden Spider • Lionfish sting • Garden Spider • Boa constrictor • “Brown Recluse” • Unknown Pit Viper • Black Widow • Water Moccasin • Unknown = Red Rat snake • Scorpion sting (pediatric) • Rattlesnake (Broward) • Water Moccasin • Coral Snake (Fort Myers) • Unknown = Red Rat snake • Mamba (Orlando) • Puss caterpillar sting • African Bush Viper (Jacksonville) Total of calls in 1998: 18 • Iguana • Unknown = Red Rat snake 1999 October-November-December January-February-March • Yellow Jacket multiple stings • Coral Snake • Scorpion sting • Rough Green Snake • Lion Fish sting • Unknown = non-venomous • Scorpion sting • Scorpion sting • Unknown Pit Viper (pediatric) • Unknown Pit Viper • Unknown spider • Unknown = Red Rat snake • Pygmy Rattler • Cobra (New Mexico) • Jumping Spider • Python April-May-June • Unknown = Red Rat snake • Unknown = Black Racer • Lionfish sting • Scorpion sting w/systemic S/S • Cobra (Broward) • Pygmy Rattler • Unknown = Red Rat snake • Unknown = Black Racer • Unknown = Red Rat snake • Unknown = Eastern Garter snake • Scorpion sting • Unknown pit viper Total of calls in 1999: 46 • Unknown = non-venomous • Water Moccasin 1 2000 January August • “Brown Recluse” • Western Diamondback • Scorpion sting (Broward) • Lionfish sting • Indonesian Spitting Cobra February • Pygmy Rattler • Gila Monster bite • Scorpion sting March • Suphan Cobra (Orlando) • S. American Reclusa bite • Unknown snake • Pygmy Rattlesnake • Scorpion sting April • Black Racer • Cobra • Black Racer • Unknown = Black Racer • Egyptian Cobra (Jacksonville) • Scorpion sting • “Brown Recluse” • Black Widow • Water Moccasin (Broward) • Unknown = Black Racer • Levantine Viper (Ontario, • Unknown = Red Rat snake Canada) May September • Fer-de-Lance (French Guyana) • Unknown snake (police K9) • Coral Snake • Python • Pygmy Rattler • Unknown snake • Scorpion sting • Pygmy Rattler (West Palm • Unknown snake = no S/S Beach) • Scorpion sting • “Brown Recluse” • Stingray June October • Scorpion sting • Unknown snake = no S/S • Lionfish sting • Black Widow • Unknown = Red-bellied Water • Puss caterpillar sting snake • Coral Snake (Broward) • Pygmy Rattler November • Copperhead (Broward) • Unknown = Red Rat snake • Unknown = Black Racer (Broward) • Water Moccasin (Broward) • Unknown = Black Racer • Spider July • Puff Adder (Tampa) • Puss caterpillar sting • Coral Snake (West Palm Beach) • “Brown Recluse” • Fer-de-Lance (Trinidad) • Canebrake Rattlesnake • Boa constrictor • Unknown = Red Rat snake • Gaboon Viper December • Unknown = Red Rat snake • Coral Snake (K9) Total of calls in 2000: 62 2 • Spider 2001 July January • Cobra (South Carolina) • Water Moccasin • Copperhead (North Carolina) • Spitting Cobra • Scorpion sting • Pakistani Cobra (Richmond, • Water Moccasin (Broward) VA) • Unknown = Black Racer • Monocled Cobra (Sarasota, FL) • Watersnake (Broward) • Black Widow • Cobra (Ft. Myers, FL) • Puss caterpillar sting • Unknown = Green Snake February • Brown Tree Viper • Blacktail rattlesnake (Ohio) • Unknown = non-venomous • Asian Spitting Cobra August • Unknown Rattlesnake (Broward) • Unknown = non-venomous March • Unknown = non-venomous • Unknown Pit Viper (Broward) • Unknown = non-venomous • Unknown = non-venomous • Spider • Pygmy rattler (Broward) • Unknown = Black Racer • Monocled Cobra (Allentown, PA) • Scorpion • Unknown = Red Rat snake • Pygmy Rattler • Brown Widow • Scorpion • Unknown = Green Water Snake • Spider April • Scorpion • Unknown = Black Racer • Unknown = Caterpillar sting • Gaboon Viper (Bradenton, FL) September • Unknown = Black Racer • Puss caterpillar sting (Broward) • Unknown = non-venomous • Unknown = non-venomous • Pygmy Rattler (Broward) • Taipan • Eastern Diamondback (West • Unknown snake = no S/S Palm Bch) • Unknown snake = no S/S • Unknown = non-venomous • Unknown snake = no S/S • Coral Snake • Unknown Pit Viper (WPB) • Unknown = non-venomous October May • Monocled Cobra (Broward) • Unknown = Red Rat Snake • Water Moccasin • Unknown = Black Racer • Unknown = Red Rat Snake • Coral Snake • Pygmy Rattler (Broward) • Fer-de-Lance (Guyana) • Coral Snake • Mamba (Broward) • Unknown = non-venomous June • Pygmy Rattler (Broward) • Unknown = non-venomous • Unknown = Black Racer • Eastern Diamondback • Unknown = non-venomous • Unknown Pit Viper • Unknown = Red Rat Snake • Unknown = Green Snake • Unknown snake • Unknown = non-venomous • “Brown Recluse” 3 2001 (continued) October • Puss caterpillar sting 2002 • Boa Constrictor January • Water Moccasin (Broward) • Pygmy Rattler (Broward) • Unknown = Black Racer • Unknown = Banded Watersnake November (Broward) • Unknown = Red Rat Snake • Boa Constrictor • Water Moccasin (Belle Glade, • Eastern Diamondback (WPB) FL) • Unknown = Red Rat Snake • Unknown = Mud Snake • Unknown = Red Rat Snake (Broward) • Unknown = Black Racer • Scorpion sting • Unknown Rattlesnake • Unknown = Red Rat Snake • Spider • Unknown = non-venomous February • Coral Snake • Pygmy Rattler (WPB) December • Boa Constrictor • Ball Python • Reticulated Python • Unknown = non-venomous • Unknown non-venomous • Unknown = Southern Ringneck (Broward) • Spider • Burmese Python (Broward) • Stingray • Puff Adder (Dallas, TX) • Eastern Diamondback • Unknown = non-venomous • Pygmy Rattler (Broward) • Unknown = non-venomous • Unknown = Red Rat Snake March Total of calls in 2001: 95 • Water Moccasin • Scorpion sting • Unknown = Eel bite • Unknown Pit Viper (K9) • Unknown = Banded Watersnake (Broward) • Unknown = non-venomous (Broward) • Unknown = Black Racer (Broward) • Black Widow April • Water Moccasin (WPB) • Copperhead (Alabama) • Black Racer • Pygmy Rattler • Water Moccasin • Eastern Garter Snake (Broward) 4 2002 (cont.) • Unknown = Red Rat Snake • Forest Cobra (Jacksonville) • “Brown Recluse” • Fer-de-Lance (Guyana) • Scorpion April (continued) • Unknown = non-venomous • Unknown = Scarlet Kingsnake July • Puss caterpillar sting • Black Widow • Unknown = Ratsnake • Scorpion • Scorpion sting • Reticulated Python • Scorpion sting • Unknown = Watersnake • Unknown = Black Racer (Broward) • Coral Snake (WPB) • Scorpion • Unknown = non-venomous • Burmese Python • Eastern Diamondback (GA) • Spider • Pygmy Rattler • Cobra (Lakeland, FL) • Scorpion sting • Unknown = non-venomous May • Unknown = Yellow Rat Snake • Unknown = Red Rat Snake • Unknown = non-venomous • Pygmy Rattler (Broward) • Coral Snake (Naples, FL) • Pygmy rattler August • Unknown = Black Racer • Green Pit Viper (Michigan) • Pygmy Rattler (Loxahatchee) • Coral Snake (Tampa, FL) • Water Moccasin (Broward) • Unknown = Black Racer • Scorpion sting • Eastern Diamondback (pedi) • Scorpion sting (Jacksonville, FL) • Unknown = Black Racer September June • Lionfish sting • Unknown = Southern Ringneck • Burmese Python • Unknown = Red Rat Snake • Pygmy Rattler (WPB) • Unknown = Red-bellied • Water Moccasin (WPB) Watersnake • Puss caterpillar sting • Black Widow • Coral Snake (Orlando) • Unknown = Green Watersnake • Unknown = Black Racer (Broward) • Unknown = non-venomous • Unknown = Green Watersnake • Pygmy Rattler (Martin Co., FL) • East. Diamondback (Titusville, • Scorpion FL) October • Scorpion sting • Unknown = Red Rat Snake • Water Moccasin • Unknown non-venomous • Coral Snake (Boynton Bch, FL) • Monocled Cobra (Orlando) • Unknown = Black Racer • Unknown non-venomous • Unknown = Black Racer • Water Moccasin (Broward) • Unknown = Black Racer • Green Tree Viper (St. Lucie, • Spider FL) • Black Widow • Unknown = Black Racer • Scorpion (Broward) • Scorpion • Lionfish • Scorpion • Unknown = non-venomous 5 • Pygmy Rattler (Tampa, FL) • Unknown = Black Racer • Boa Constrictor • Eastern Diamondback (Broward) 2002 (continued) • Unknown = non-venomous November • Unknown = Black Racer • Unknown = non-venomous May • Cape Cobra (Tampa, FL) • Unknown = Red Rat Snake • Coral Snake • Neo-tropical Rattlesnake • Unknown = Black Racer (Jacksonville, FL) (Broward) • Pygmy Rattler (Hudson, FL) • Red Rat Snake • Unknown = Black Racer • Water Moccasin (K9) (WPB) • Spider • Black Widow • “Brown Recluse” December • Coral Snake (WPB) • Eastern Diamondback (K9) • Unknown = non-venomous • Spider • Unknown = Ribbon snake • Tarantula (Broward) • Unknown = non-venomous • Coral Snake (Boynton Beach, • Unknown = Rat Snake FL) • Unknown = non-venomous Total of calls in 2002: 125 • Unknown = non-venomous June 2003 • Water Moccasin (Broward) January • Coral Snake • Water Moccasin • Unknown = Red Rat Snake • Unknown = Marine Catfish sting • European Viper (Romania) • Unknown = Ringneck • Unknown = Red Rat Snake • Monocled Cobra (Ft Myers, FL) (Broward) February • Unknown = non-venomous • Scorpion • Water Moccasin (Martin Co, FL) • Unknown = Red Rat Snake • Unknown = non-venomous • Unknown = Red Rat Snake • Unknown = Black Racer March • Unknown = Watersnake • Scorpion July • Indonesian Cobra • Pygmy Rattler • Unknown = Black Racer • Coral Snake (Broward) • Unknown = Rough Green Snake • Water Moccasin (Broward) • Unknown = Red Rat Snake • Unknown = non-venomous • Unknown = non-venomous • Unknown = non-venomous • Rockfish sting (Jupiter,
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