Local child bitten by black widow spider
Local child bitten by black widow spider
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Posted by editor Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:05:09 PDT
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When the parents of a local child discovered the girl was bitten by a black widow spider, they rushed the child to the Tehachapi Valley Healthcare District (TVHD) Emergency Room (ER). As stabilizing treatment was given, the ER physician and crew realized they needed to obtain black widow anti-venom. There was none available in Bakersfield, Kern Valley, etc. Antelope Valley Hospital had a single dose and would not release it, and moving the child to them would have been too risky.
Finally, the anti-venom was found at Delano Regional Medical Center (DRMC) but presented a problem as to how to get it to Tehachapi most expeditiously. Kim Smith, Pharm.D., the contract pharmacist at TVHD called the California Highway Patrol (CHP) for help. They had an officer pick the anti-venom up from DRMDC and drive to meet another officer from Mojave. They transferred the anti-venom and the Mojave CHP officer drove it to TVHD. From the pharmacist's call to delivery of the anti-venom, only an hour and a half elapsed.
TVHD would like to formally and publicly thank the CHP officers for their service and their efforts on behalf of this critical little girl in our ER.
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