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If you are ever bitten by a snake, DO NOT attempt to treat it yourself you
will only make it worse. Especially, DO NOT make any incisions you may cause
serious injury or even DEATH by cutting an atery!
The best thing to do is remain calm & get to a hospital immediately. If it
is possible take the snake with you for proper identification.
Chances are (in this area) that you are not going to be bitten and if you
are it's very unlikely that it will be from a venomous snake since there are
only 2 possibilities, the copper head (most likely) & rattlesnake both of
which are seldom encountered unless you are looking for them. Regardless of
what you've been told, there are NO naturally occurring cottonmouth this far
north!
Given the location of the bitten cacher it may have been anyone of the 3.
But probably a cotton mouth or darkly colored rattler.
God bless!
Believer
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On Wed, 4 May 2005, GC-RGS wrote:
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LUID=fb37fda2-b991-48af-80f4-db275dc36102&IID=369bcc68-c2e4-47b0-83e4-90a30c1ae1a6
Ouch!
And people make fun of me carrying my "first aid" kit:
Scalpels (2) Epinephrine ampoules (3) (Incl 5/8" SQ needle and 3' needle, j/i/c) Dexamethasone Ampoules (3) (1" needle) Lidocaine 2% ampoules (1) [local anesthetic] Sutures (5 asst) Betadine pkts (5) 3way antibiotic ointment (2) bandaids tape: Plastic,1"Wx14ft 4x4 pads - 4 pouches of 2ea
After looking at that, this list doesn't even look close to enough!
-- Yours,
J.A. Terranson sysadmin@xxxxxxx 0xBD4A95BF
"What this country needs is a good old fashioned nuclear enema."
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