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[pct-l] RE: emergency kit: snake bites



For snakes I bring an extractor and an ace bandage. The other kind doesn't
work and is dangerous. If someone is bit I immediately slap the extractor on
the wound, then wrap the ace bandage lightly above the wound. Plan on using
the extractor for two hours if you can't work out. 

This approach may not work either but it is your best shot. Most people
don't carry snake bite kits. I developed this approach when my son was 4
years old. I hated the idea that if something happened I would just have to
sit there and let him die.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Kaplan [mailto:kkaplan@isher.com]
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 5:34 PM
To: Reynolds, WT; pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
Subject: emergency kit: snake bites


What do you bring for snake bites?

> we scored steri strips which work better
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Simon [simontom@cgocable.net]
> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 3:24 PM
> To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net; latte94@foothill.net
> Subject: [pct-l] emergency kit
>
>
> I think it's a good idea to have some "butterfly" bandages in your first
aid
> kit. Contrary to popular opinion, they are not for butterflies, but serve
as
> a substitute for sutures should you get a bad cut. This may not happen
> often, but it could; they weigh very little.
>
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