[pct-l] Rattlesnake

[calliger at infolane.com (Richard)]

Well..here we go again...the snakebit kit eWar!!

I carry a snakebit kit withthe suction bulb and razor to incise 
the bite and express out the venom immediatley...like less than
20-30 secs from bite time. When snakes are oput in the territory it
stays in my pocket ready for instant use.

We practiced in EMT training so I feel confident in its use. Now one
does not emt training to use it..it comes with very complete
instructions..I'd say it would get 90% of the venom if you were
quick enuf...


Richard

At 06:53 PM 5/22/03 -0700, Dave Young wrote:
>Hello All,
>
>My first post to the list...
>
>My wife and I have been doing a lot of day hikes in the Angeles Crest (Gould
>Mesa, Switzer, Chantry Flats, - along the Gabrielino Trail etc.).  The last
>two weekends, we have come across rattlesnakes on the trail.  The first one,
>I came very, very close to stepping on (and screamed like a 12 year old
>girl, I might add).
>
>Anywho, what would the more experienced hikers on this list recommend in a
>situation where you are say, 5-9 miles out and then a 30-45 min drive away
>from a hospital?  I was under the impression that you should place a light
>compression ring above the bite (not a tourniquet but light compression) and
>calmly walked out to seek medical assistance.  It doesn't sound like this
>approach worked for the poor guy who was the subject of the start of this
>thread.  My wife and I are 30 years old and in decent shape if that
>matters...
>
>I look forward to your responses.
>
>- Dave
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Michael Gosnell" <michaelgosnell@hotmail.com>
>To: <Lonetrail@aol.com>; <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
>Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 5:43 PM
>Subject: Re: [pct-l] Rattlesnake
>
>
>> Lonetrail wrote:
>>   'If he would have gone to a fire house one mile away they could have
>saved
>> him.'
>>
>>    Or dialed 911 and the fire/paramedics would have come to him.
>>
>> Michael G.
>>
>>
>> The love of wilderness is more than a hunger for what is always beyond
>> reach; its is also an expression of loyalty to the earth...the only home
>we
>> shall ever know, the only paradise we ever need--if only we had the eyes
>to
>> see it.
>>
>> Edward Abbey
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> >From: Lonetrail@aol.com
>> >To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
>> >Subject: [pct-l] Rattlesnake Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 14:38:43 EDT
>> >
>> >First fatality from rattlesnake bit this year in SoCal. 51 year ood male
>on
>> >a
>> >day hike walked of trail, called his wife his work drove hemself to the
>> >hospital later died.
>> >
>> >If he would have gone to a fire house one mile away they could have saved
>> >him.
>> >
>> >lonetrail
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