threatened they have one lethal strike. in the u.s. alone venomous snakes bite more than 2,000 people in a year. david weathers is a professional snake handler and knows the danger all too well. when you handle the snake, you try to have somebody around. he keeps dozens of snakes including this cobra. it is considered one of the deadliest snakes in the world. david is about to find out why. as he prepares to move the cobra to a new sanctuary, it strikes. i literally pulled the whole snake out of the tub attached to my stomach and i felt the teeth sink into me. david knows there s no time to spare and has a friend drive him to the hospital rather than wait for an ambulance. get me there quick because i m having a bad head stuffed up and i m having problems breathing.
going in respiratory failure pretty quick. true or false, most hospitals can treat snake bites with antibiotics. the answer is false. there s only one cure. the only treatment for snake venom to counteract snake venom would be the antivenom. but each venomous snake has its own unique anti-venom and doctors can t give the right treatment if they don t know the right type of snake. however, if you just suffered a venomous snake bite don t lean in to take a closer look. you re more likely to get bitten again. the focus is getting medical care immediately, but if you can identify the snake with a cell phone photo that would be ideal. david knows what snake bit him, but cobras aren t native to the u.s. his local hospital doesn t have the anti-venom on hand. by the time it arrives five hours later he s not sure he wants it anymore. it s not getting worse, but it s not getting better.
person and metabolism. stopping the flow of poison to your heart may seem like the right idea. using tourniquets may be appropriate in certain instances depending on the nature of the bite, the species involved. but be careful because while you may be blocking the flow of venom you re also cutting off blood flow to your limb which could lead to irreversible tissue damage and amputation. for david that s not an option since there s no tourniquet for the stomach. the thing that got me mentally traumatized the most is knowing where i got bit and how close it was to a lot of my vitals. everybody s like you got bit in the stomach? i m like yeah. still david knows the correct answer is b, relax and try to stay calm. you want to stay calm because you re going to just increase your blood pressure and increase the systemic movement of the venom within the blood stream.
strike. in the u.s. alone, venomous snakes bite more than 8,000 people each year. david weathers is a professional snake handler and knows the danger all too well. when you handle the snake, you try to have somebody around. he keeps dozens of snakes including that venomous cobra, native to southeast asia. it is considered one of the deadliest snakes in the world. david is about to find out why. as he prepares to move the cobra to a new sanctuary, it strikes. i literally pulled the whole snake out of the tub attached to my stomach and i felt the teeth sink into me. david knows there s no time to spare and has a friend drive him to the hospital rather than wait for an ambulance. get me there quick because i m having a bad head stuffed up and i m having problems breathing. it really depends on how much
c is the wrong answer. the venom can kill in as little as 60 minutes depending on the amount of venom delivered, the victim s size and metabolism. stopping the flow of poison to your heart may seem like the right idea. using tourniquets may be appropriate in certain instances depending on the nature of the bite, the species involved. but be careful because while you may be blocking the flow of venom you re also cutting off blood flow to your limb which could lead to amputation. or irreversible tissue damage. for david that s not an option since there s no tourniquet for the stomach. the thing that got me mentally traumatized the most was knowing where i got bit and how close to a lot of my vital. everybody s like, you got bit in the stomach? i m like, yeah. still david knows the correct answer is b, relax and try to stay calm. you want to stay calm because you re going to just increase your blood pressure and increase