First aid for snake bites 14 Articles

by Ruth Moran

WHICH SNAKES HAVE POISONOUS BITES? Rattlesnakes, Copperheads, Cottonmouth (Water Moccasin), Coral Snakes and Cobras all have poisonous bites. Most poisonous snakes have slit-like eyes. Their heads are triangular, with a...read more

by Ian Loft

Australia has many of the most venomous snakes in the world such as the Eastern Taipan and the King Brown. Without immediate first aid and treatment in a hospital emergency ward the chance of surviving a bite from one of ...read more

by Chris Con

Most people have some fear, if not a lot of fear of snakes. While most of the fear is unfounded, there is a real possibility of being snake-bit, if you spend much time outdoors at all. This fear has given the poor and lowl...read more

by Kayla Weller

An estimated 5 million snakebites occur each year around the world. Only 125,000 of these end in death but quick, knowledgeable application of first aid techniques has certainly prevented many more. Should you or one of yo...read more

by Jennifer Morgan

Only a small portion of all snakes have bites that are poisonous. Still, when a snake bites it is not advisable to take any chances, so in all cases, first aid is required. In case of a snake bite, call 911 immediately...read more

by Jared Garrett

Dealing with a snake bite is pretty simple, but requires no panicking. First remember that there are only a few poisonous snakes out there. The nasty ones are the rattlesnake, the coral snake, the copperhead and the water ...read more

by David Braybrooke

Effective first aid for snake bites requires a cool head and quick decision making. Depending on the variety of snake that the person has been bitten by will determine the symptoms that they may experience; the most seriou...read more

by Marie Gerber

In Western culture, snakes have often played the role of the villain. Whether it be on the big screen, in movies like "Anaconda" and "Snakes on a Plane" or on the front page of the local newspaper, snakes have been given a...read more

by Juan Leer

While the majority of snake bits are not life threatening, it is important to treat any type of snake bite very carefully and make sure that you are doing all that you can possibly do just in case the snake bite could be l...read more

by Christy

The first thing you want to do is figure out what kind of snake did the biting. Try to identify the color and markings of the snake to describe to rescue workers. Does the victim have two puncture wounds where they were...read more

by Krishna Shanmukh

The main purpose of the first aid is to slow down the invasion of the poison. The set of instructions that must be followed immediately after snake bite are: Remove tight fitting clothing and jewelry if any. Q...read more

by Yolanda Thompson

For the average person, we can't tell a garden snake from an anaconda! (An over-exaggeration, but you get my point.) So, for me to tell you the different types of poisonous snakes would be absolutely pointless. A reassurin...read more

by Sarah Ilijanich

Do NOT underestimate the immediate attention a snake bite needs. Yes, it is rare that you can die from complications but so are many other rare situations -Like west nile or SARS. It is best to be prepared. It is in 'the ...read more

by M.L. Brooke

With a non-venomous snake, you simply treat the bite as a puncture wound that was been infected you clean it and dress it. Simple as that you want to irrigate as best as you can. Then apply some sort of topical treatme...read more