In many films, we may encounter a character scenes is bitten first by snake and then first aid by sucking the venom out by mouth. With thoughts that sucked the venom out immediately after being bitten will reduce the amount of venom in the blood, when the amount of venom that has not soaked up deep inside.
But in reality, this action may cause damage to the tissues around the bite and cause more venom penetrate faster into the bloodstream. Besides, having been bitten by poisonous snakes, venom spreads quickly in the capillaries and sucked blood out by mouth is useless actions, only slow time-to-treat victims arrive.
Similarly, there are many tips that using tourniquet above the wound will help slow the venom penetrate vital organs like the heart to the brain. However, the actual effect of aid is not fully effective. And if the tourniquet in a long time can make blood circulation hard and killing the cells in tourniquet placement.
Another misconception is that when the poisonous snake bitten, you will death if not treated promptly with medication. Because in reality only 25% of cases is bitten by the most venomous snake (like rattlesnake, viper or cobra) but not treated promptly is fatal. The reason is because the poisonous snake bite cases in the status is "dry", meaning that no venom is injected into the bite.
According to statistics, the mortality rate worldwide when poisonous snake bites is 0.5 to 1%. Approximately 8,000 Americans bitten by poisonous snakes each year, but only 16 deaths among them. That also means you are likely to be killed by lightning than 9 times more than die from snakebite.
However if you are unlucky, encountered cases of snakebite and do not want to become one of 16 people above. Then some precautions may save your life:
The most important thing to do to slow down the spread of venom that reduces the speed of blood flow in the body. In order to do this, you must stay away from stimulants like alcohol and tobacco. Try to remain calm and avoid panic causing increased heart rate.
If called for the emergency, you can lie down and rest a while. And if you're in a wilderness as mountain forest, try to move slowly and do not speed. Also, to the bite not infection, wash with soapy water is necessary. If there is no soap or water disinfection, you can use mouthwash, because it also contains a number of substances have antiseptic effect.
Another handy tip to know the snake has bitten you mean poisonous snakes or not, poisonous snakes often leave two very deep teeth marks after a bite.
Scary poisonous snakes in the world are not rattlesnakes and king cobra, are the Black Mamba snake in Africa. Fatalities when Black Mamba snake bite is almost 100%, unless there is a very large amount of antidote and injected immediately after being bitten (usually 10-12 bottles). Once bitten by the snake Black Mamba may inject into the victim's body 100-400 mg of venom, while just 10-15 mg is enough to kill an adult.
Yet even the most dangerous snakes world only attack humans when they feel threatened, or when they are protecting their eggs in the nest. But when attack, snakes is really scary murderer, not only because of the venom, but also lightning fast speed of each bite. Black Mamba snake even can move with the speed of 22km / h, so make sure the victim would not have a chance to survive.
Refer: todayifoundout
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