Tuesday, March 11th, 2008...10:12 pm
Rattlesnakes – Everywhere You Want to Be
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I was just reading about Tom Mangan of Two-Heel Drive’s too-close-for-comfort brush with a rattlesnake. Take his tips to heart. Just today, I was working on a story for a hospital publication about snake bites and spoke to the mom of an 18-month-old who was bitten in September by a “baby rattler.” It took 17 vials of antivenom at $2,000 / vial and much therapy and intensive care in Bay Area emergency rooms and hospitals before he came through all in one piece. Best advice: take precautions and don’t try to kill a snake — that’s when most people get bitten.
Be light. Be safe. Be one with the pack.
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March 12th, 2008 at 10:06 am
Baby rattlers are actually more dangerous than the full grown ones because they haven’t learned to control their venom yet. when you get bit by a baby you will likely get all their venom injected where as an adult can actually bite without injecting any.
My grandma also got bit by a baby rattler.
March 28th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
I just interviewed an ER doc about a little girl who was bitten by a baby rattler. Fourteen vials of anti-venom later — at $2,000 each — he was on the mend. Nothing to fool with to be sure.
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