>>192084>>192087>>192098people dont realise its kinda a dick move giving bad advice online. Seriously.
Compression bandage is the only thing that will save your life from a snakebite in a life threatening scenario.
- if you dont put one on and you walk, every step you take aids the toxins movement from the skin and tissues around the bite and into the circulation where it can spread
- if you try to make a judgement call on what type of snake it is and decide whether you should put on the bandage, you'd want to be a fkn herpetologist because again, if you get the ID wrong based on what someone on the net told you, your dead.
- it doesnt matter how healthy you are, if you get a serious envenomation from any of a number of snakes, you will die without treatment
- trying to suck the venom from the wound does nothing, and can increase bloodflow to the wound aiding the venom spread
- dont wash the wound because it doesnt help reduce the envenomation and it reduces the chance of them being able to identify the venom and give you the correct antidote if you do get to safety.
I'm an ED Doctor in australia where every second snake can kill you. Im not sure the mode of toxicity in the murican snakes but in Aus weve got snakes that are neurotoxic, cause DIC and also rhabdomyolysis.
If you get to the ED/ER with a snake bite, we will
1) Put a pressure immobilisation bandage on you if you dont already
2) use a venom detection kit on the bite site to try to work out what snake it was. Eyewitnesses are unreliable and we advise people not to try to catch the snake..
3) treat you with the appropriate antivenom or a range of antivenoms if were not sure the snake
4) investigate and treat any signs of complications from the envenomation.
so to reiterate, shit like
> [Most people in relatively good health] may become ill from envenomation but probably will not die" Also, dont use pressure bandages. Compression causes concentration of venom.NOT HELPFUL
