07/28/2026
A researcher pulls on field pants that hung outside her tent overnight and feels a mild sting. Two days later: a dark purple lesion, a pale ring, increasing pain, and firmness to the touch. You suspect loxoscelism, and the nearest facility is six hours out.
What’s your assessment, and what can you actually do in the field versus what needs evacuation? This scenario tests how you manage a slow-developing envenomation far from care.
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