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<blockquote data-quote="Fizz" data-source="post: 280977" data-attributes="member: 7399"><p>As an ambo I've dealt with a number of snake bites over the years. Both browns and tigers. Can I emphasize what others have already posted, do not wash the bite site. If the limb has already been bandaged, I don't remove the bandage just put another over the top for good measure. If not already dressed, I mark the site (Eastern browns have tiny fangs and can be hard to see)with a biro, place a combine dressing over the site (helps in IDing venom) and then pressure bandage, over site down limb and then back up the full length of limb. The brown bites I have dealt with, none of the patients were envenomated, which I've been lead to believe is common with browns, more of a warning bite. The tigers however are a different story with multiple bites. One guy having his blunstones bitten through and 5 visible bite marks on the leather (he stood on it and didn't realize at first).</p><p>All bites from both species were on the foot or ankle.</p><p>Personally I don't mind snakes and have had many encounters. On almost all the extremely close encounters (1 mtr or less) the snakes (browns, copperheads, red bellies) have been trying to do one thing only and that's get as far away from me as fast as possible. On one occasion I had a brown go into a defensive stance and I backed off slowly until it casually moved off.</p><p>I do however wear 8inch boots and loose fitting trouser when out and about.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fizz, post: 280977, member: 7399"] As an ambo I've dealt with a number of snake bites over the years. Both browns and tigers. Can I emphasize what others have already posted, do not wash the bite site. If the limb has already been bandaged, I don't remove the bandage just put another over the top for good measure. If not already dressed, I mark the site (Eastern browns have tiny fangs and can be hard to see)with a biro, place a combine dressing over the site (helps in IDing venom) and then pressure bandage, over site down limb and then back up the full length of limb. The brown bites I have dealt with, none of the patients were envenomated, which I've been lead to believe is common with browns, more of a warning bite. The tigers however are a different story with multiple bites. One guy having his blunstones bitten through and 5 visible bite marks on the leather (he stood on it and didn't realize at first). All bites from both species were on the foot or ankle. Personally I don't mind snakes and have had many encounters. On almost all the extremely close encounters (1 mtr or less) the snakes (browns, copperheads, red bellies) have been trying to do one thing only and that's get as far away from me as fast as possible. On one occasion I had a brown go into a defensive stance and I backed off slowly until it casually moved off. I do however wear 8inch boots and loose fitting trouser when out and about. [/QUOTE]
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