Can any African Medics or any MDs chime in here...in the US with on or two exceptions, our venomous snakes are hemotoxic, and our protocals are a loose dressing and transport...then antivenom as needed. An Aussie medic I'm friends with says they use wide occlusive bands on bites there due to the probability of a neuotoxic venom....what are the first aid protocals in on the Dark Continent...and lets be adults and skip the "John..he said you were gonna die" jokes please.
I'm not a doctor but in Africa, we have three treatments.
tightish bandage from the site of the wound to the trunk and back to the extremity of the limb and try to get the patient to hospital.
OR
Electric shock.
OR
Sit the patient up, put his head between his legs and tell him to kiss his arse, or if he's American, his ass, goodbye.
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