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UCI Health: What to do if you see — or are bitten — by a rattlesnake
"...Get to a hospital immediately, says Dr. Jeffrey Suchard, a UCI Health emergency medicine physician and medical toxicologist.
That means your best rattlesnake-bite tools are likely already with you: your car keys and a cell phone.
“There is no intervention at the scene of a venomous snakebite that is recommended,” says Suchard.
“Your goal is to get to a hospital as soon as possible to be assessed for possible antivenom treatment.”..."
What to do if you see — or are bitten — by a rattlesnake | UCI Health | Orange County, CA
Snake encounters typically peak in spring and summer since that’s when both humans and snakes are most active in the outdoors. Your best rattlesnake-bite tools, according to Dr. Jeffrey Suchard, UCI Health emergency medicine physician and medical toxicologist, are simple ones.
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