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Toddler is seriously injured by poisonous serpent
Posted on 6/6/18 at 9:21 am
Posted on 6/6/18 at 9:21 am
Venomous snakes must die
This the season to look down when you’re walking in the woods, or in the back yard for that matter, as is the case here.
I’ll never forget a certain squirrel hunting trip some years ago looking up in the trees walking down a trail just a few steps away from a coiled up copper head ready to strike before I was stopped by a friend. Those things are bad news. I’ve never been more on the lookout since.
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On Aug. 2, 2014, Fisher heard her then-2-year-old son's piercing scream as he tripped up a rocky step while following his father and three siblings to the front door.
"It's a scream that all parents recognize — more intense than 'I fell and scraped my knee,'" Fisher told Fox News. "There was an intensity with which he was screaming."
Fisher sprinted outside and scooped up her son, Levi. As she was cradling him, she saw a 3-foot-long creature move in the corner of her eye.
"I was face-to-face with a snake," Fisher recalled, adding that the skin of the serpent was like camouflage on the rock. "There's no way he saw that thing."
The snake had struck Levi twice in the back of the hand. Fisher yelled for her husband as she rushed the toddler inside and called 911.
Her husband, an Eagle Scout, called out, "It's a copperhead!"
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Dr. Scott Batchelor, a pediatric emergency doctor at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, told Fox News that copperhead snake bites are the most common poisonous bites he sees in the emergency room. Most of the wounds are found in the hands, wrist, forearm, feet or ankles. While the venom isn't typically fatal for humans, it can cause serious health complications for children.
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The venom had traveled halfway to his heart by the time he arrived at the hospital, so doctors decided to treat him with antivenom. He was given 24 vials of the drug and spent four days in the hospital's pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) before he was released.
"In the months afterward, we logged countless hours visiting with a hand surgeon, physical therapist, wound care specialist and hematologist," Fisher explained in a blog post recently shared by Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, adding that her son was left with a scar on his index finger. "Copperhead venom thins the blood of its victims, and it would be nearly three months before Levi’s blood clotting factors were back in the safe range."
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Some safety tips for those who believe they have been bitten by the venemous reptile:
Do not apply a tourniquet
Do not cut into the wound or attempt to squeeze out the poison
Do not submerge under water
Clean the wound with a washcloth
Get to a medical professional immediately
This the season to look down when you’re walking in the woods, or in the back yard for that matter, as is the case here.
I’ll never forget a certain squirrel hunting trip some years ago looking up in the trees walking down a trail just a few steps away from a coiled up copper head ready to strike before I was stopped by a friend. Those things are bad news. I’ve never been more on the lookout since.
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Posted on 6/6/18 at 9:24 am to Mike da Tigah
I’ve never let a poisonous snake walk.
Posted on 6/6/18 at 9:27 am to Mike da Tigah
All snakes must die
Posted on 6/6/18 at 9:28 am to Mike da Tigah
All snakes die. The non-poisonous ones are just the scouts for the poisonous ones. That is a fact.
Posted on 6/6/18 at 9:29 am to Mike da Tigah
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Her husband, an Eagle Scout, called out, "It's a copperhead!"
Posted on 6/6/18 at 9:31 am to Mike da Tigah
Upvoted for safety info
Posted on 6/6/18 at 9:32 am to Mike da Tigah
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Her husband, an Eagle Scout, called out, "It's a copperhead!"
lol
Posted on 6/6/18 at 9:33 am to Mike da Tigah
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Her husband, an Eagle Scout, called out, "It's a copperhead!"
Thank god.
Posted on 6/6/18 at 9:34 am to Mike da Tigah
obligatory, they are venomous not poisonous.
This is turning into the Mag vs clip
This is turning into the Mag vs clip
Posted on 6/6/18 at 9:42 am to Mike da Tigah
quote:This makes no sense to me, doesnt blood circulate throughout the body in about a minute?
The venom had traveled half way to his heart
Posted on 6/6/18 at 9:46 am to TH03
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God*
Posted on 6/6/18 at 9:58 am to tigerfoot
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This makes no sense to me, doesnt blood circulate throughout the body in about a minute?
All I can figure is that the inflammation had visibly progressed up his arm. Still doesn't make any sense to describe it as "half way to his heart."
Posted on 6/6/18 at 10:09 am to Mike da Tigah
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Venomous snakes must die
Yes, I can't wait until the world is one great big padded romper room where nothing can hurt us. It's going to be great. Dogs, four wheelers, beer, tree branches, all gone. No more worries.
It's a weird mindset.
Bad things are going to happen in this world. But, I'll bet I can post more dog maulings per week than you can post venomous snake bites. I'll even let you include the ones where people were being dumbasses and got bitten because of it (which is most of them).
This post was edited on 6/6/18 at 2:26 pm
Posted on 6/6/18 at 10:15 am to Mike da Tigah
Ban assault snakes
Posted on 6/6/18 at 10:17 am to Mike da Tigah
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On Aug. 2, 2014,
tragic, but why is this news today? one story the OT overlooked?
Posted on 6/6/18 at 10:18 am to Teague
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Bad things are going to happen in this world. But, I'll bet a can post more dog maulings per week than you can post venomous snake bites. I'll even let you include the ones where people were being dumbasses and got bitten because of it (which is most of them).
There are hundreds of millions of dog-human contacts every day and few maulings per capita.
Dogs also have other important functions. They're man's best friend. frick venomous snakes. And don't give me some shite about their role in the ecosystem. The ecosystem would be better without them. They're not necessary for killing mice or frogs or whatever. Plenty of birds of prey and other predators can cover the same role.
Posted on 6/6/18 at 10:18 am to Mike da Tigah
Venomous, not poisonous
Posted on 6/6/18 at 10:20 am to Teague
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But, I'll bet a can post more dog maulings per week than you can post venomous snake bites.
If venomous snakes were domestic pets, you wouldn't. Humans have very little contact with them. If you have kids and they are in your yard, Its ok to kill them
Posted on 6/6/18 at 10:24 am to RogerTheShrubber
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If venomous snakes were domestic pets, you wouldn't. Humans have very little contact with them. If you have kids and they are in your yard, Its ok to kill them
But, that's not the scenario. Snakes are where they are and dogs are where they are. Yet, people act as if we need to burn down the world any time a snake is seen. It's ridiculous.
And, I never claimed anyone should let venomous snakes live in their yard.
Posted on 6/6/18 at 10:26 am to Jack Daniel
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I’ve never let a poisonous snake walk.
I'll shoo them off the trail, but I'm not going to just kill it.
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