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.
Snake Rescue Volunteers
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
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 Treatment In 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
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