Dear nettekars, This Snakesheet was distributed by Saligao's Green Crossers Griselda Nobay, Tarika & Suhail Kiran at an awareness programme on identifying, handling and rescuing snakes, at a children's camp organised by the youth of Mae de Deus parish, Saligao, Goa:
Snake Rescue Volunteers & Snakebite Treatment In Goa Do not panic if you see a snake! As you know now, not all of them are venomous. If you cannot identify it, do not kill it. Instead, call one of the volunteers listed below. There are over 20 volunteers in Saligao and Bardez who will come immediately, catch the snake and release it back into the wild. Some of these volunteers will request for a small fee to cover fuel expenses. Name - Residence - Area of operation - NGO - Contact numbers (some may have changed) Saligao: Griselda Nobay, Donvaddo - GCR - 9823802842 / 2278567 Tarika & Suhail, Donvaddo - GCR - 2409999 / 2278276 Bardez: Suneel Korajjkar, Mapusa, Bardez - GCR - 9822123042/ 2253715 Alfred D'Mello, Nagoa, Bardez - GCR - 9823053474 / 2278903 Sagar Kambli, Mapusa, Bardez - GCR - 9823937930 Sahil Warang, Camurlim, Bardez - GCR - 9823508765 Prasad Shirodkar, Mapusa - GCR - 9765451302 Lenin Nunes, Mapusa - GCR - 9850194061 Aaron Fernandes, Mapusa, Bardez - GCR - 9850560560 Mario Fernandes, Calangute - Bardez/Tiswadi - GCR - 9923667665 Rahul Alvares, Parra, Bardez - (Creepy Times) - 2278740 / 6510871 / 9881961071 Nitin Sawant, Porvorim, Bardez - WWF - 9822483535 / 9823915208 /2414278 Oldrin Pereira, Aldona - Bardez - NNC - 9850450120 Arnold Noronha, Bardez - VEAB - 9420685641 Ramesh Zamekar, Bardez - VEAB - 9923306455 Sharad Chari, Aldona - Bardez - NNC - 2293193 Mario Cavallari, Bardez - ARS - 9822166175 Aaron Lobo, Porvorim - 2412265 / 9822135019 Neil Alvares, Nerul - 2402957 / 3116183 / 9822158688 Sainath Shirodkar, Mapusa - Bardez/Tiswadi - GFD - 9422062880 / 2265772 Forest Dept, Campal, Panjim - North Goa - GFD - 2228772 / 2229701 All Goa: Sanket Naik, Pernem - VEA - 9421239791 Prasad Kassikar, Bambolim - GCR - 2459322 Amrut Singh, Bicholim - ARS - 9422062503 / 2363803 Anand Dalvi, Bicholim - ARS - 9923528080 Vivek Parodkar, Sattari, Bicholim - VEA - 9423600333 / 2369387 Deepak Gawas, Sattari, Bicholim - VEA - 9421248643 Kedar Kanekar, Satteri - Bicholim - ARS - 9324857453 Chandrakant Shinde - Sattari, Bicholim -VEA - 9420159497 Anand Melekar, Satteri - ARS - 9764681913 Rama Bagi, Valpoi - GCR - 2382163 Forest Dept., Margao - South Goa – GFD - 2750246 Venkatesh Sansgiri, Margao - 2550922 / 9822150355 - GCR Julio Quadros - South Goa - 9822152010 Amol Naik - South Goa - GCR - 2605672 / 9822158715 Sudan Naik, Mormugao – Salcete – ARS - 9822387347/ 2550898 Pankaj Lad - Salcete -VEA - 9372109987/ 2751308 Neelam Khomarpant, Margao - Salcete - GCR - 9822123868/ 9822123042 Philip Fernandes - Margao, Salcete - 9822986505 Clinton Vaz, Salcete - WLG - 9890936828 / 2736828 Forest Dept., Mollem - Sanguem GFD - 2612211 Satish Poinguinkar, Canacona - ARS - 9421244555/ 9823134465 / 2641510 Paresh Porob, Canacona - GFD – 9822157139 Forest Dept., Bondla - Ponda - GFD - 2610022 Surel Tilve, Ponda - ARS - 9422058590 / 2335078 Dilip Naik, Ponda - 9823229378 / 2316492 Kamlakant Parab, Ponda - PFA - 9822130598/ 3207920 Dilesh Hazare, Ponda - ARS - 9422453437 / 2340609 Girish Kelakar, Ponda - 2343826 (res), 2314435(off) GFD = Goa Forest Department; VEAB = Vivekananda Environmental Awareness Brigade; ARS = Animal Rescue Squad; GCR = Green Cross; PFA = People for Animals; WWF = World Wildlife Fund; NNC = Nisarga Nature Club: WLG = Wild Goa SNAKEBITE? Follow this treatment plan: a. Reassure the patient. b. If the bite is on the hand or the arm, put the arm in a triangular sling and get hospital treatment urgently c. If the bite is on the leg, put it in a splint to immobilise the bite. Again, get hospital treatment urgently. d. The patient should be encouraged to keep still and move as little as possible. e. Treat a venomous snakebite with ASV or Anti-Snake Venom (also called antivenom or antivenin) at a doctor's clinic or in hospital. Care should be taken to ensure that the patient is not allergic to antivenom. 20% of all people who are given ASV treatment develop some kind of allergic reaction. Do not: a.. Wash the wound; the act of washing leads to moving the venom around the body. b.. Cut or burn the wound. c. Attempt to suck the venom out of the wound. d.. Apply a tourniquet or pressure bandage (the only time a pressure bandage should be considered is if the snake concerned is definitely, 100% a Krait and the journey to hospital is going to take several hours. If the journey is only going to take up to a couple of hours the same treatment should be given as that for any other venomous bite) e.. Give anything by mouth except in the case of dehydration. f.. Self-administer antivenom. This is particularly dangerous without the ability to cope with any allergic reaction, which has the potential to kill far quicker than any snake bite. The mere act of sticking a needle into your tissue can cause un-controlled bleeding and oedema (swelling). This is why Anti-Snake Venom should be administered by a doctor in hospital! These hospitals and Primary Health Centres (PHCs) have ASV in case of a venomous snakebite: Hospitals: Goa Medical College (GMC), Bambolim. Hospicio, Margao. Asilo, Mapusa. (If there is enough time, take the patient to GMC.) PHCs with phone numbers (call to check if Anti-Snake Venom is in stock): Valpoi - 2374260; Bicholim - 2362041; Sanquelim - 2364258; Pernem - 2291249 Siolim; Aldona - 2293251; Candolim - 2276035; Betki - 2287160; Ponda - 2312115; Sanguem - 2604235; Curchorem - 2650566; Bali - 2670216; Canacona - 2643339; Assolna. _________________________________________________________ Compiled by anOTHERskool, Saligao, for an awareness programme on identifying, handling and rescuing snakes, at a children's camp organised by the youth of Mae de Deus parish, Saligao, Goa. Sources: Rahul Alvares (Creepy Times), Clinton Vaz (Wild Goa), Suneel Korajjkar (Green Cross). Many thanks to these path-breaking conservation teams for their committment to Goa's wild life & environment. Want to save Goa, our environment and wildlife?...join one of these groups...NOW! Saligao, 6 May 2009 ____________________________________________________________ -- ................................................................. there *is* anOTHERgoa @ <www.anothergoa.blogspot.com> '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' muriel & mario, 4/4 tabravaddo, opp. st. anne's chapel, saligao. bardez. goa. 403511. tel: 0832-2278276 / 2409999 <another...@gmail.com> '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
