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First Aid and snake bite information + links
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<blockquote data-quote="mbasko" data-source="post: 367641" data-attributes="member: 4485"><p>Get away from the snake & preferably in the shade. </p><p>Keep calm. Use compression bandages on bite area & keep limbs as still as possible -splint bite area if possible. Use sat phone to call for help - this is your primary & direct link to help. They may ask you to set off epirb for locality assistance if you can't give a good/precise location.</p><p>Don't try to get back to your car in that scenario. The movement will only more quickly spread the venom if indeed any has been injected - keep in mind that the majority of bites are dry but without medical verification there is no way to tell until symptoms start.</p><p>This would change if you didn't have communication devices. You would need to compression bandage the area & restrict movement as much as possible but still need to attempt to get yourself to help. You really shouldn't attempt to drive at all but circumstances may dictate differently.</p><p>Bottom line a PLB as a minimum if out by yourself in remote/rural areas.</p><p>Edit: Typing as Stru posted</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mbasko, post: 367641, member: 4485"] Get away from the snake & preferably in the shade. Keep calm. Use compression bandages on bite area & keep limbs as still as possible -splint bite area if possible. Use sat phone to call for help - this is your primary & direct link to help. They may ask you to set off epirb for locality assistance if you can't give a good/precise location. Don't try to get back to your car in that scenario. The movement will only more quickly spread the venom if indeed any has been injected - keep in mind that the majority of bites are dry but without medical verification there is no way to tell until symptoms start. This would change if you didn't have communication devices. You would need to compression bandage the area & restrict movement as much as possible but still need to attempt to get yourself to help. You really shouldn't attempt to drive at all but circumstances may dictate differently. Bottom line a PLB as a minimum if out by yourself in remote/rural areas. Edit: Typing as Stru posted [/QUOTE]
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