What is the best thing to do if stung by a scorpion?

Wound care: Most scorpion stings cause only local pain , redness and swelling. More severe systemic or allergic reactions can occur but are very rare. If there is any remnant of a stinger in the wound, it should be removed. Best to scrape a credit card across the wound to catch and pull out a stinger - avoid tweezers, which can push venom from the remnant into the wound. Antibiotics usually not needed.

See below: Depends on the species of scorpion involved. The only medically significant scorpion in the us is the bark scorpion - centruroides exilicauda and sting from this species can cause intense pain which can last a long time and fade over weeks in adults. In kids, neurologic symptoms can be seen and then the kid would need to be seen by and md. Otherwise, do wound cleaning and check on tetnus status.