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Tex,
Always carry a cell or satellite phone, don't take any antivenom that isn't given by a health care provider that knows enough to save your life, not end it, do not cut any part of it, do not suck any part of it, try to identify the snake which will help the hospital determine if you even need to be treated with cro-fab or another type of 'antivenom', consult a wilderness survival book written by either Paul Auerbach or the US Army, and last but not least: knowledge before hiking of the potential critters is worth more that the boots you hike in, i.e., avoid the problem to reduce the risk of a bite, don't play with snakes and if I can get my new computer to retrieve all of my 1000's of pictures I'll post what your extremity might look like if you do end up on the wrong side of fangs.
ss
BTW, return the kit to Walmart.......it won't help.
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'Revel in action, translate perceptions into instant judgements, and these into actions that are irrevocable, monumentous and dreadful - all this with lightning speed, in conditions of great stress and in an environment of high tension:what is expected of "us" is the impossible, yet we deliver just that.
(adapted from: Sherwin B. Nuland, MD, surgeon and author: The Wisdom of the Body, 1997 )
Education is the anti-ignorance we all need to better treat our patients. ss, 2008.
The blade is so sharp that the incision is perfect. They don't realize they've been cut until they're out of the fight: A Surgeon Warrior. I use a knife to defend life and to save it. ss (aka traumadoc)
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