give it a little twist. true or false, hospitals can treat most venomous snakebites by antibiotics. the answer is false, there s only one cure. the only cure for snake venom, to counter act venom is anti-venom. doctors can t give the right treatment, if they don t know the type of snake, if you have just suffered a venomous snakebite, don t lean into look at the snake 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 exactly what bit him, but cobras aren t native to the u.s., and his local hospital doesn t have the anti-venom on hand, by the time it arrives
i m already dead. the cobra can kill in less than 60 minutes. so 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 white, the species involved. you re also cutting off blood flow to your limb, which could lead to irreversible tissue damage and even amputation, for david, there s no way to apply a tourniquet across his stomach. the thing that scared me the most was how close was to all of my vitals. still david knows the correct answer is b, relax and try to stay calm. you want to stay calm because
them, but when they feel threatened they have one lethal 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.
it s dangerous to handle the snake afterwards. you re more likely to get bit 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. and 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. the swelling is staying where it is. i m going to try to release myself out of the hospital and go home at this moment. as a professional snake handler he hesitates knowing the antivenom becomes less effective each time it s administered to the same person, but experts always recommend taking the antivenom. so the antivenom guy says, listen, they re not telling you everything, but you re in preliminary renal failure right now, your kidneys aren t functioning. if you don t get this you re going to die. this is coming f
true or false, hospitals can treat most 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. each venus snake has its own unique antivenom and doctors can t give the right treatment if they don t know the type of snake, however if you just suffered a venomous snake bite don t lean in to take a closer look. it s dangerous to handle the snake afterwards. you re more likely to get bit 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. and 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