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incise and apply suction, you will probably do more damage than good,” Krebser said of emergency first aid. However, if the patient is far from transportation, "The Snakes of Virginia” lists the following emergency measures:
1. Make absolutely sure it was a poisonous snake that bit you.
2. Stay calm and do not drink alcohol. 3. Make a longitudinal incision '/» to '/« inch long and '/«inch deep at the site of the bite with a sterile blade. Do not make multiple incisions.
4. Apply suction at this point with a suction bulb or with the mouth if there are no cavities or ulcers. Steps 3 and 4'are of little value if hot done within the first: 30 minutes after a bite.
Snake bites should not be iced and neither should tourniquets be applied to restrict the spread of venom. “That will concentrate the venom even more,” Krebser said, adding that this concentration will kill muscles and skin and result in an injury that resembles a deep burn.
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