specifically rattlers

i live in a part of the country where theres a shitload of rattlesnakes and medical assistance may not come quickly, because there arent any ambulances and cell service is abysmal outside of the park

if i'm out and about and i get tagged by a rattlesnake, what should i do? i thought slapping a tourniquet on was the answer to keep the venom from reaching your heart, but it sounds like doing that will basically guarantee you lose your limb because it lets the venom sit and eat away at your tissue

so is there something better if help is hours away? should my plan be just to weigh whether i like my arm/leg more than i like breathing and TQ it anyways?

If the TQ sits on there long enough wouldn't you be losing the limb either way

yeah that was kinda my thought too

if i'm out on a hike and i get bit, i won't have cell service and thus no way to contact a lifeflight. it'll be probably 20-30 minutes to get back to my car, then another 20 minutes to get back to the park where we have a clinic that can handle snake bites

i'm at least an hour away from help and isn't that enough time for a rattlesnake to be lethal

i grew up in missouri, i dont know much about snakes

Bring a suction device, like the ones they use for bug bites.

Also, a TQ.

Sure, the venom might eat but it’s better than it reaching your heart.

yeah that's kinda what i thought too

i either lose my limb or my life i'd rather lose a limb

I.... I have questions and concerns

i live very far away from everything

There's almost nothing here deadly venomous.

Woah! Snake bites are dry (no venom) about 80% of the time. If the bite has venom, a tourniquet is not a good idea. Keep your heart rate down, stay relaxed, drink water and get some assistance. Snake venom is processed in the body just fine and only extreme cases need antivenom

A tourniquet will increase tissue damage greatly. The most dangerous part of a venomous bite is infection from the puncture wound.

Clean and protect the wound and keep it that way. Also, venomous snakes rarely bite anyway unless you poke them with a stick or step on them

Through the god damned bone? That's hella scary.

ive seen those things bite through broom handles and fishing poles

mean fuckers

@bravoN7 "get some assistance" is at least an hour away, and thats at the fastest.

and they're everywhere out here. one of my guys about got chewed on a few days ago just doing his job and didn't see the snake until the last second.

i completely understand that a tourniquet will increase tissue damage, and i even addressed it.

i'm speaking purely from a perspective of keeping myself breathing long enough **to** get some assistance

Damnnn that’s why I always stay away from those guys

I was fishing once and I caught a fish and it came up and bit the fish clean in half. Only left me it’s head

yeah snapping turtles will fuck you up

A pretty damn clean cut

Marked channel as NSFW since I can see stuff being posted in here that some people might not want coworkers to accidentally see.

10/4.

Oh fuck

Lol they got yeeted out of the vehicle.

I gotta watch the zombieland sequel

It's not great, tbh

My gas mask is in Texas. Taking it’s sweet time getting home here tho