Meanwhile, in Australia: “Hospital staff plead with bite victims to stop bringing snakes to emergency departments”. The word ‘plead’ sounds entirely appropriate. abc.net.au/news/2024-04-2…
@MaryFernando_ When I was a child, first aid books told the public to bring the snake that had bitten you to the Emergency Room for identification. The practice died out when I was a student rotating through the ER and we got tired of looking for jar escaping snakes.
@MaryFernando_ But bring your ticks,… yes we need them for identification.
@MaryFernando_ Ugh. I had a Man bring a dead mouse into my ER to ask me if it was a Deer Mouse when Hanta Virus was first discovered. Not a Vet, people.
@MaryFernando_ OMG! If I was a nurse there I’d be out of that door so fast….!!!
@MaryFernando_ one would think a photo would do, but what do i know? lol
@MaryFernando_ It's my understanding that the U.S. only needs two kinds of anti-venom, and unless you've been bitten by a coral snake, you get the other kind. That is to say, just about every venomous snake in the U.S. gets the same anti-venom. No need to see the critter. Is this right?
@MaryFernando_ Yikes!! I guess they think they should bring the evidence of what bit them, not fully realising that hospital staff are not familiar with snake species or the danger that it places everyone it.
@MaryFernando_ 😱😱😱😱😱😱. Man I would run OUT of the door screaming as soon as the snake came IN!!!!!