O Médico Veterinário como capacitador de agentes comunitários de saúde e de endemias para a prevenção de acidentes por animais peçonhentos

Abstract

The Veterinary Medicine stands out in public health, for acting in health promotion, identification of risk factors and establishment of measures of prevention and control of diseases and injuries. In order to carry out a survey on the prior knowledge of Agents Health Community and Endemic Disease Control Agents (AHC / EDCA) regarding the relationship between public health and veterinary medicine, and issues related to the main species of venomous animals involved in acidentes. The study comprehended three steps. the first step of the research was the creation and application of questionnaires. The second step represented a training course on the prevention of accidents caused by venomous animals for AHC and EDCA. Finally, the third step involved the questionnaires reapplication at the end of each course meeting with a related subject. Out of 46 participants, 58.70% (27) were AHC and 41.30% (19) EDCA. In the questionnaires, participants were asked before the course beginning if they knew how to prevent accidents by venomous animals. The results showed that 84.78% (39) knew how to prevent accidents, and after the course, all participants responded correctly. Also, in the questionnaires, participants were asked for the definition of venomous animal. Before the course, 43.48% (20) were able to define it, and after the course 71.74% (33). The study showed the importance of education in health practices and the role of veterinarians in training AHC and EDCA, contributing then for the multiplication of health knowledge in society.

Aspectos epidemiológicos dos acidentes ofídicos ocorridos na Região de Integração Lago de Tucuruí entre os anos 2010 e 2019

“…Existem cerca de 3.000 espécies de serpentes no mundo, destas em torno de 14% são consideradas peçonhentas e causadoras de acidente ofídico (Albuquerque, et al, 2013;Santos, et al, 2017), sendo que normalmente não atacam, exceto pelo instinto de autodefesa quando se sentem ameaçadas ou "injuriadas" (Melo & Maqui, 2020). Entende-se por "acidente ofídico o quadro de envenenamento decorrente da injeção de uma mistura de toxinas através do aparelho inoculador das serpentes" (Mourão de Moura, et al, 2015;Ferreira, et al, 2020). Este veneno é produzido por uma glândula localizada na cabeça do animal, que ao se contrair o direciona para as presas, através de um canal (Costa, et al, 2012).…”