Snake Bite: Do You Need a Snake Bite Kit? Really?
#11
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 5,425
Just 2 weeks ago a fellow was bitten by a copperhead locally...He had been drinking, went fishing and stuck his hand where it shouldn't have been...
The article point out that most folks do more damage then good by cutting and sucking...Just doesn't work...Although our hospital is small they keep medicine in stock that treats all venomous snakes...
Surely, if you are way back in the widerness with no cell signal, you might resort to other ways of treating...With today's communications and helicoptors most are just minutes away from a hospital...
The article point out that most folks do more damage then good by cutting and sucking...Just doesn't work...Although our hospital is small they keep medicine in stock that treats all venomous snakes...
Surely, if you are way back in the widerness with no cell signal, you might resort to other ways of treating...With today's communications and helicoptors most are just minutes away from a hospital...
#14
Fork Horn
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 253
Why not apply it tightly? your body will be fine for 4-8 hours depending on what it is.
#15
It is better to have it, and not need it, than to need it and not have it.
Especially if you are very far from help.
Especially if you are very far from help.
The guy got a little sick but managed to walk out. At the hospital he was kept over night and released the next day.
i would rather take a chance extracting the venom than depend on a Dr. who never treated a venomous snake bite. i know a guy who was bitten on the hand by a western diamondback while sacking the snake. He sat in the emergency room for two hours waiting to be treated. He has a horrible scar all the way to his elbow that the Dr. made. The snake bite cost his insurance $300,000. The anti-venom alone cost $120,000.
From Doctors Secrets:
http://www.doctorsecrets.com/emergen...treatment.html
Then there is the shock treatment used in remote areas of the world.
http://venomshock.wikidot.com/
Last edited by falcon; 05-29-2013 at 01:36 PM.