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File:Dr Sean Bush examines a California kingsnake.jpg
Sean Bush, MD, gets a tongue flicking from a California kingsnake (Lampropeltis getulus californiae) he captured on a desert road near Cabazon, California

Sean Paul Bush (born February 11, 1966) is an American emergency physician, researcher, author, and presenter on the topics of venomous bites and stings. He is on the Board of Directors for the North American Society for Toxinology (NAST) and organizers for Venom Week[1].

Education

Bush received his B.S. from Texas A&M University in 1988 and his Doctorate of Medicine from Texas A&M University College of Medicine in 1992. He completed his residency at Loma Linda University Medical Center in Southern California. Upon completion of his residency in 1995, Bush became board certified in emergency medicine by the American Board of Emergency Medicine in 1996.

Career

From 1995 to 2013, Bush served on the faculty at Loma Linda University School of Medicine in Loma Linda, California as an emergency physician and professor at the university.[2] During his time at Loma Linda, Bush received multiple awards including a Research Training Award[3] (1999), a Hultgren Award[3] (2001) a Certificate of Appreciation from the White House Medical Unit (2002) for his advice on snakebite treatment protocols for President Bush, his family and staff, and a Wilderness Research Society Research Training Award[3] (2005).

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Bush, on Venom ER, examining a snakebite victim at Loma Linda University Medical Center

In 2013, Bush moved his family to North Carolina so he could continue his research and to study copperhead snakebites. From 2013 to 2018, Bush was a Professor at East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine in Greenville, North Carolina. ECU granted Bush tenure in 2015. He currently presides on the Data Safety Monitoring Board evaluating a drug for snakebite and COVID-19.[4] He continues to work toward advancing the field of “Envenomation Medicine,” a focus he founded, and his pursuit of snakebite research, education and prevention[5]. He has over 100 peer-reviewed, scientific publications and medical textbook chapters, including in Annals of Emergency Medicine[6], BMC Emergency Medicine[7], Clinical Toxicology[8], and Wilderness & Environmental Medicine[9][10] and has also appeared in numerous television series including Venom ER, aired by the BBC and Animal Planet.[11] . From 2012 to the present, Bush helped to found and serves on the Board of Directors for the North American Society of Toxinology (NAST) and organizers of Venom Week Symposia.

Bush currently consults for the World Health Organization. WHO says snakebites are a "neglected public health issue in many tropical and subtropical countries",[12] and in 2017, WHO categorized snakebite envenomation as a Neglected Tropical Disease (Category A).

Snakebite Incident

While filming Venom ER, Bush’s son Jude, age 2, was bit by a baby rattlesnake while playing with a neighbor in her backyard.[13] Having seen his father capture snakes on numerous occasions his son picked up the snake because he "wanted to put it in a cage for dad" when he was bitten on his hand. Bush’s wife, A’me, called 911 and Jude was sent via emergency helicopter to Loma Linda UMC where Bush was working and filming at the time.

Jude made a full recovery but required 16 vials of CroFab antivenom.

Selected Peer-Reviewed Medical Publications

Selected Filmography

References

  1. ^ "North American Society of Toxinology". Venom Week. 18 May 2004.
  2. ^ "Say no to uncontrollable bleeding". Los Angeles Times. 18 May 2004.
  3. ^ a b c "Research Training Award".
  4. ^ "An ER doctor's search for a snakebite drug might lead to a COVID-19 treatment". Los Angeles Times. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  5. ^ Bush, S. P.; Ruha, A. M.; Seifert, S. A.; Morgan, D. L.; Lewis, B. J.; Arnold, T. C.; Clark, R. F.; Meggs, W. J.; Toschlog, E. A.; Borron, S. W.; Figge, G. R.; Sollee, D. R.; Shirazi, F. M.; Wolk, R.; De Chazal, I.; Quan, D.; García-Ubbelohde, W.; Alagón, A.; Gerkin, R. D.; Boyer, L. V. (2014). "Comparison of F(ab')2 versus Fab antivenom for pit viper envenomation: a prospective, blinded, multicenter, randomized clinical trial". Clinical Toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.). 53 (1): 37–45. doi:10.3109/15563650.2014.974263. PMC 4364250. PMID 25361165.
  6. ^ Dart, RC; Bush, SP; Heard, K; et al. (2019). "The Efficacy of Antivenin Latrodectus (Black Widow) Equine Immune F(ab')2 Versus Placebo in the Treatment of Latrodectism: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Clinical Trial". Annals of Emergency Medicine. 74 (3): 439–449. doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2019.02.007. PMID 30926190.
  7. ^ Lavonas, EJ; Ruha, AM; Banner, W; Bebarta, V; Bernstein, JN; Bush, SP; Kerns, WP 2nd (2011). "Unified treatment algorithm for the management of crotaline snakebite in the United States: results of an evidence-informed consensus workshop" (PDF). BMC Emergency Medicine. 3 (11:2): 1–15. doi:10.1186/1471-227X-11-2. PMID 21291549.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  8. ^ Offerman, SR; Barry, JD; Richardson, WH; Tong, T; Tanen, D; Bush, SP; Clark, RF (2009). "Subcutaneous Crotaline Fab antivenom for the treatment of rattlesnake envenomation in a porcine model". Clinical Toxicology. 47 (1): 61–68. doi:10.1080/15563650701750613. PMID 19153852.
  9. ^ Kanaan, NC; Ray, J; Stewart, M; Russell, KW; Fuller, M; Bush, SP; Caravati, EM; Cardwell, MD; Norris, RL; Weinstein, SA (2015). "Wilderness Medical Society Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Pitviper Envenomations in the United States and Canada". Wilderness & Environmental Medicine. 26 (4): 472–87. doi:10.1016/j/wem/2015.05.007. PMID 26433731.
  10. ^ Bush, SP; Mooy, GG; Phan, TH (2014). "Priapism after western black widow spider (Latrodectus hesperus) envenomation". Wilderness & Environmental Medicine. 25 (1): 80–1. doi:10.1016/j/wem/2013.10.008. PMID 24412661.
  11. ^ "Venom ER". TV Guide.
  12. ^ "Snake antivenoms: Fact sheet N°337". World Health Organization. February 2015. Archived from the original on 18 April 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  13. ^ "TV 'venom' doctor finds son, 2, is snakebite patient". Times Argus.


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