Accidente ofídico en paciente pediátrico.

Abstract

The following investigation is framed in the modality of case study, in which A nursing care plan was developed to improve care for children who suffer from an ophidian accident in the pediatric area of ​​the Santo Domingo General Hospital. (Rodriguez Rangel, 2019). It is estimated that annually in the world between 1.8 and 2.7 million snakebite envenomings, of which about than 400,000 result in disability and between 81,000 and 138,000 result in death. The Most of these accidents occur in rural populations in sub-Saharan Africa, South and Southeast Asia, Papua New Guinea and Latin America (Gutiérrez et al., 2017). The WHO ecently developed a strategic plan to support nations affected to achieve the goal of reducing mortality and disabilities by 50% produced by this disease until the year 2030 (WHO, 2019).