antivenom list and procedure for Miami/Dade area

[NicoleRussell]

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue
Venom Response Unit


ENVENOMATION EMERGENCY

Phone Number: (305) 596-8576

Non Emergency Phone Number: (786) 331-4444
Program Director - Al Cruz

The Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Antivenin Bank (formerly the Florida Antivenin Bank, Inc.) is located in Miami, Florida.

As of Sept. 1, 2001, they no longer accept memberships.

PROCEDURE FOR ACQUIRING ANTIVENIN: If you have an envenomation emergency, you should call the number above. If the proper antivenin is stored by the Miami Dade Fire Rescue Antivenin Bank, it will be sent immediately to your location, by ground or by air, whichever is most appropriate. The cost of the antivenin and shipping will be billed to the patient through the hospital that administers it.

Antivenom List

Protherics CROFAB
Wyeth Antivenin Crotalidae Polyvalent
Wyeth Coral Snake, Micrurus fulvius
SAIMR Polyvalent
SAIMR Echis
SAIMR Boomslang
CSL Polyvalent Antivenom
CSL Tiger Snake Antivenom
CSL Taipan Antivenom
CSL Brown Snake Antivenom
Costa Rican Polyvalent
Costa Rican Coral Snake
Thai Red Cross Society - King Cobra
Thai Red Cross Society - Cobra (covers Naja kaouthia)
Thai Red Cross Society - Green Pit Viper
Thai Red Cross Society - Russell's Viper
Thai Red Cross Society - Malaysian Pitviper
SAIMR Parabuthus (Scorpion species)
Merck Black Widow, Latrodectus mactans Antivenom