Sean Bush, MD Professor, Emergency Medicine School of Medicine

Presentations 

  Research Presentations -- National

• “Snakebites: Scenes from ‘Venom ER.’”  Loma Linda University Annual Postgraduate Convention, Loma Linda, California.  Plenary Session.  March 9, 2009. ( 7/2008 - 6/2009 )

• “Atractaspis (Stiletto Snake) Envenoming.”  Venom Week, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico.  June 1, 2009. ( 7/2008 - 6/2009 ) Link...

• BUSH SP: Fatal and other horrific rattlesnake bites.  Presented at Venom Week 2007 in Tucson, Arizona in September 2007.  Published in J Med Toxicol 2008; 4 (March). ( 7/2007 - 6/2008 )

• BUSH SP. "Venomous Bites & Stings: Scenes from Venom ER." . California Desert Chapter of American Association of Zoo Keepers, Palm Desert, California ( 4/2007 )

• BUSH SP. "Rattlesnake Bites: What is the Worst that Can Happen?." 7th Annual Gus Eckhardt Trauma Symposium. Shannon Medical Center, San Angelo, Texas ( 4/2007 )

• BUSH SP. "Rattlesnake Bites: What?s the Worst that Can Happen?." . Hendrick Medical Center, Abilene, Texas ( 4/2007 )

• BUSH SP. "Spider bites & selected arthropod stings." 10th Annual South Padre Island Trauma Symposium. South Padre Island, Texas ( 4/2007 )

• BUSH SP. "Rattlesnake Bites: What is the Worst that Can Happen?." 10th Annual South Padre Island Trauma Symposium. South Padre Island, Texas ( 4/2007 )

• BUSH SP. "Venomous Bites & Stings: What?s the Worst that Can Happen?." . US Border Patrol, Imperial Beach Station, San Diego, California ( 4/2007 )

• BUSH SP. "Pre-hospital, First Aid & Field Considerations for Treatment of Rattlesnake Bites." . California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection, Oak Glen Conservation Camp, Oak Glen, California ( 2/2007 )

• BUSH SP. "Rattlesnake Bites." SOCEP Southern California Emergency Medicine Symposium. Beckman Center of the National Academies of Sciences & Engineering on the science campus at the University of California Irvine. ( 11/2006 )

• Goodman ME, Steele R, BUSH SP. "Can the Venom ER become Venom OBS?." Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual National Meeting. New York, NY ( 5/2005 )

• Hayes WK, BUSH SP, Herbert SS, Rehling GC, Cardwell MD, Dugan EA. "Defensive Bites by Rattlesnakes (Genus Crotalus): Venom Expenditure, Envenomation Severity, and the Importance of Snake Size." Biology of the Rattlesnakes Symposium. Loma Linda, California ( 1/2005 ) Link...

• Jurado JD, Rael ED, Lieb CS, BUSH SP, Hayes WK. "Inactivation of complement by Crotalus helleri (Southern Pacific Rattlesnake) venom." Biology of the Rattlesnakes Symposium. Loma Linda, California ( 1/2005 ) Link...

• Appleby P, BUSH SP. "Who gets bitten by rattlesnakes and why." Biology of the Rattlesnakes Symposium. Loma Linda, California ( 1/2005 ) Link...

• BUSH SP. "Pre-hospital, first aid and field considerations in rattlesnake bite." Biology of the Rattlesnakes Symposium. Loma Linda, California ( 1/2005 ) Link...

• Janes Jr DN, BUSH SP, Schilling T, Kolluru GR. "Large snake size suggests increased snakebite severity in patients bitten by rattlesnakes in Southern California." Biology of the Rattlesnakes Symposium. Loma Linda, California ( 1/2005 ) Link...

• Offerman SR, Barry JD, BUSH SP, Tanen DA, Auton TR, Richardson WH, Tong T, Clark RF. "Subcutaneous injection of crotaline Fab antivenom for the treatment of rattlesnake envenomation in a porcine model." International Summer Conference on Wilderness Medicine. Aspen, Colorado ( 8/2004 )

• Offerman SR, Barry JD, BUSH SP, Tanen DA, Auton TR, Richardson WH, Tong T, Clark RF. "Subcutaneous injection of crotaline Fab antivenom for the treatment of rattlesnake envenomation in a porcine model." Biology of the Rattlesnakes Symposium. Loma Linda, California ( 9/2003 ) Link...

  Research Presentations -- Regional

• “Snakebites.”  Western Anesthesia Residents Conference, Rancho Mirage, California.  May 2, 2009. ( 7/2008 - 6/2009 )

  Research Presentations -- Local/Campus

• "How To Survive A Rattlesnake Bite."  Boards of Trustees of Loma Linda University Adventist Health Sciences Center, Loma Linda University & Loma Linda University Medical Center, Fallbrook, California. February 21, 2009. ( 7/2008 - 6/2009 )

• “Telemedicine.”  Loma Linda University School of Pharmacy, Loma Linda, California.  November 3, 2008. ( 7/2008 - 6/2009 )

  Poster Presentation

• BUSH SP, Green SM, Laack TA, Hayes WK, Cardwell MD, Tanen DA. "Pressure-Immobilization Delays Mortality and Increases Intra-compartmental Pressure after Artificial Intramuscular Rattlesnake Envenomation in a Porcine Model." Biology of the Rattlesnakes Symposium. Loma Linda, California ( 1/2005 ) Link...

• Cardwell MD, BUSH SP, Clark RT, Dugan E. "Males biting males: does testosterone shape both sides of the snakebite equation?." Biology of the Rattlesnakes Symposium. Loma Linda, California ( 1/2005 ) Link...

  Presentations given to non-academic audiences

• “Snake Safety.”  Valley of the Falls Search & Rescue, Forest Falls, California.  July 5, 2008. ( 7/2008 - 6/2009 )

• “I Was Bitten (series).”  Discovery Channel. ( 7/2008 - 6/2009 ) Link...

• BUSH SP. "Really Wild Show - Programme 9: Rattlesnakes." Produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation Wildvision, Bristol, United Kingdom for BBC One. United Kingdom ( 7/2006 - 6/2007 )

• BUSH SP. "Everything You Need to Know - Poison." Produced by Creative Differences Productions, Studio City, CA for Discovery Channel. ( 7/2006 - 6/2007 )

• BUSH SP. "Untold Stories of the ER: Too close to home." Produced by GRB Entertainment, Sherman Oaks, California for The Learning Channel. ( 7/2006 - 6/2007 )

• BUSH SP. "Striker." Produced by BBC Natural History Unit, Bristol, UK for BBC and National Geographic Television. ( 7/2006 - 6/2007 )

• BUSH SP. "Venom ER [10-EPISODE SERIES]. Achieved finalist status (under Health/Medical Issues) in the New York Festival 2005 International Television Programming & Promotion Awards competition. Produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation Wildvision, Bristol, United Kingdom for Animal Planet." . ( 7/2006 - 6/2007 )

• BUSH SP. "Snakebite Prevention and Safety." Children?s Day, . Loma Linda University Children?s Hospital, Loma Linda, California ( 5/2007 )

• BUSH SP. "What is the Worst that Can Happen?." . Hendrick Medical Center, Abilene, Texas ( 4/2007 )

• BUSH SP. "Venomous Bites & Stings: Scenes from Venom ER." California Desert Chapter of American Association of Zoo Keepers. Palm Desert, California ( 4/2007 )

• BUSH SP. "Rattlesnake Bites: What is the Worst that Can Happen?." . Dallas Zoo, Dallas, TX ( 4/2007 )

• BUSH SP. "Arachnomania: Why Spiders & Scorpions Bug Us." Insectival. San Bernardino County Museum, San Bernardino, CA ( 3/2007 )

• BUSH SP. "The Venom Cure." Produced by Image Impact. For PBS Television ( 7/2004 - 7/2005 )

• BUSH SP (central character). "'Venom ER' (an 11-episode television series)." Produced by BBC Wildvision. For Animal Planet ( 7/2004 - 7/2005 )

• BUSH SP. "Untold Stories of the ER (a television series)." Produced by GRB Entertainment. For The Learning Channel ( 7/2004 - 7/2005 )