Careful, snakes! Viper's Bite: First Aid

During walks in the forest, as well as traveling and hiking, there is a growing likelihood of encountering poisonous snakes, including a viper. In principle, the bite of any snake can have quite serious consequences, because their poison very quickly affects the vital systems of the human body:

• Hematopoietic;
• Cardiovascular;
• Nervous.

The viper's bite, the first aid in which must necessarily follow in time, is considered fatal! Therefore it is very important to know how to help the victim and himself. About this and talk.

The viper's bite. First aid

Viper Convent

This snake is distributed throughout the south of the European part of our country, in the Altai Territory, as well as in the Northeast of China. This reptile hides under the trunks of fallen trees, under stumps, in hay stumps, in voids formed between the stones. In spring, these snakes prefer constantly warmed up places - fallen trees on the sunny side, heaps of small branches and brushwood, slopes of ravines, located in the southern part and so on.

The usual length of an ordinary viper does not exceed 50 centimeters, but there are individuals and up to 80 centimeters! Its main distinguishing feature is the pattern in the form of a zigzag on the back. Its color varies from cherry red to gray. Rarely, but there are vipers, painted in brown or black.

A Viper never attacks a person first. Bites her only when she senses danger:

• The man came very close to the snake;
• Began to touch her with his hands, poke a branch into it;
• Stepped on the snake in a random way.

Usually vipers are first warned with hissing. For this they, of course, a low bow. But if you do not leave her alone, continuing a dangerous game, then the bite will be lightning fast! Viper's Bite: First Aid

The more viper, the more poison it will inject into the wound. And the stronger the pain at the site of the bite. So, what should you do if you still got a viper bite?

1. The first help in this situation is to artificially reduce the dose of poison that the snake has injected you with! Remember that the poison of a viper is one of the fast-acting! Therefore, we urgently need to help the body cope with it. How to do it?
2. Immediately after the bite it is necessary to suck it from the wound! And it can not be done to those people who have any wounds or caries in their mouths, because this poison will remain there, just poisoning the body. Be sure to spit the sucked bloody liquid.
3. If within half an hour you do not have the opportunity to apply to a medical institution, then serum from a viper bite (for example "Antigadyuka") will come to the rescue. The faster the antidote will be introduced to the victim, the better, naturally!
4. On the way to the hospital, it is necessary to apply cold compresses to the bite site, and also give the victim plenty of drink.

What can not be done in case of a bite!

Previously, it was believed that an effective "antidote" from a viper bite - it cuts the skin above the bite, moxibustion, as well as a superficial tourniquet. No and no again! Today, official medicine recognizes such an "antidote" as erroneous! The fact is that:

• Cauterization only increases the volume of the wound, and does not fight the poison;
• Cuts do not provoke excessive bleeding, because the substances in the venom of the snake quickly fold blood;
• From the tourniquet there is no use, since the venomous venom extends not through the blood vessels, but through the lymphatic ones!