I got hit by a baby cottonmouth when I was 14----1 fang on the little finger of my right hand. A week in the hospital, minus 1 finger, scars all over my right hand where the swelling busted my skin---I'm left handed now.(which is ok--I'm left eyed dominant anyway!)
Wear snake boots and DO NOT stick your hands into, under, over, or thru anything that you don't know what's on the other side. But that was 42 years ago and I"m sure that medical procedures have improved since then!