JDS@intrepidhero @douglasvb @ak @ai6yr once it gets warm, I encounter rattlesnakes more often than I don't. Sometimes multiple in a day. I can't count the number I've almost stepped on trail running mornings and evenings. This one gave me quite the startle yesterday (sound on). There's venom extractor kits you can carry, haven't checked one out.
AI6YR Ben@jds @intrepidhero @douglasvb @ak Cool video!!
The venom extractor kits are not recommended by any physicians, and in fact there's a letter in JAMA I saw complaining about how they should be illegal (they cause a lot more damage than a snakebite and don't help at all).
McNadoMD@ai6yr @jds @intrepidhero @douglasvb @ak hard second for that. If you get nom’d on by a rattlesnake, you want to immobilize the limb if practical, and calmly get to an Emergency Department in a timely fashion. In reality, these bites often happen on trails, so walking out to the car is a reasonable choice. Go to the ER, because you probably need blood work and may need antivenom. There is no effective field remedy unfortunately.
Carolyn@mcnado @ai6yr @jds @intrepidhero @douglasvb @ak That is one “common wisdom” I wish could be widely dispelled. I don’t live in venomous snake country but had heard about sucking out the venom. It’s been in recent years that I learned that nope, don’t do that.
@other95@mcnado @ai6yr @jds @intrepidhero @douglasvb @ak
I'm not on FB anymore, but the docs in the group associated with this web page are very helpful. Also a hospital finder for those that carry anti-venin...
@mcnado @ai6yr @intrepidhero @douglasvb @ak that's the general advice indeed and why I haven't checked them out 👍
@ai6yr @intrepidhero @douglasvb @ak they never look like anything practical and they're never proactively suggested by any authority so I've never bothered checking them out. I saw a neighbor get helicoptered directly to a hospital from their property after stepping on one a long time ago. That told me all I need to know!