Commonwealth Serum Laboratories
Antivenom Handbook – Sea snakes

The Commonwealth Serum Laboratory provides excellent information regarding the antivenom used for sea snake bites, its administration and potential adverse effects of the antivenom, such as anaphalactic shock. The website also has useful information on the first aid of snake bite and bites from the majority of other venomous animals found in Australia.

Women & Children’s Hospital of South Australia
Clinical Toxinology & Toxinology

The clinical toxinology website is the forerunner to the toxinology website that is currently under development and will be redundant when this new website is complete. Together these two websites provide a vast amount of useful information regarding all venomous animals found in Australia, the signs and symptoms of envenomation by different animals and the specific first aid and medical treatment required for each type of bite. These websites also link to Clinical Toxinology training courses and conferences, and to the CSL venom handbook.

eMedicine – instant access to the minds of medicine
Sea snake envenomation

Medically oriented information regarding the venom apparatus of sea snakes, signs and symptoms of snake bite, diagnosis and treatment. This information is embedded within a very comprehensive medical website which links to a range of online courses for medical practitioners and nurses.

Neurotoxin of the sea snake
Venom & snake bite

Christine Cook of the University of Wisconsin has put together a website with detailed information regarding the venom of sea snakes, in particular the laticaudids. The website is structured in layers from simple to complex and has good diagrams (as long as you can have the appropriate plug-ins). Each topic page is linked to a list of references of the scientific literature related to that topic.