1. Prevent snakes while traveling:
1. Except for cobras, snakes generally do not attack people actively. It only bites people when we approach the snake too closely without noticing it, or accidentally step on the snake. If you encounter a snake, if it does not attack you, do not disturb it, especially do not shake the ground. It is best to wait for it to escape or for someone to rescue you.
2. Snakes are temperature-changing animals and do not come out until the temperature reaches 18 degrees or above. In the south, snakebite incidence peaks from May to October. Snakes often come out of their holes especially when it is hot and rainy or when it clears up after a rain. Pay special attention to snake prevention before, after rain, and after floods.
3. The diurnal activities of snakes have certain rules. Cobras and king cobras are active during the day, bungaras are active at night, and vipers are active during the day and night. Snakebites are mainly concentrated between 9:00 and 15:00 during the day and between 18:00 and 22:00 at night. In addition, pit vipers are very sensitive to heat sources and have a habit of putting out fires. Therefore, when using open flames to illuminate the road at night, be careful to avoid being bitten by venomous snakes.
4. Wear high-top shoes (leather boots), long clothes and trousers, a hat, and fasten your collar, cuffs, and trousers.
5. Try to avoid marching or resting in the grass. If you have to, be careful to scare the snake (cobras will attack people actively. Alerting snakes in the grass may cause cobras to attack people. I don’t know how to use this.)
6. Try to avoid grabbing branches for leverage, and be careful to observe before cutting down shrubs or picking fruits. Some snakes often live on trees. Use sticks when turning over rocks or logs and digging holes; do not perform these activities with your bare hands.
7. If you encounter a venomous snake unexpectedly, stay calm and quiet, do not move suddenly, and do not attack it. You should take a long detour. If you are chased by a snake, you should run towards the hillside or turn left and right. Do not run straight or downhill.
8. Throw something next to it to distract it, or throw clothes towards it to cover it, and then run away.
9. If you have to kill a venomous snake, you can take a long stick with good elasticity and quickly hit the back of its head.
2. Choose a place to camp to prevent snakes
1. Avoid camping in places with many snake and rat holes, piles of rocks or bushes. Weeds around the camp should be eradicated. In addition, a deep drainage ditch can also better prevent the invasion of snakes and insects.
2. Sprinkle one or more of the following items around the camp: realgar. Lime powder. plant ash. Tobacco leaves soaked in water.
3. Check the package carefully before using it. Snakes may be hiding underneath. Tent zippers should be fully closed when camping. Check your bed before bed, pack your tent, and check your shoes in the morning. If you spot a snake, quickly back away and keep a certain distance.
4. If laying on the ground, you can use branches, leaves or thin bamboo as a mat, and try not to use weeds. Before going to bed, tap on the ground to remove any insects that may have crawled on it. When you wake up, you should first carefully look around your body. Otherwise, if there are snakes or insects nearby, you will be alerted by sudden movements.
5. Pay attention to keeping the camp clean and all garbage must be buried in time. Because as long as there are specks of grease, it is possible to attract ants, and the ants will attract lizards, and the lizards will attract snakes. Be careful not to burn fish bones as the smell can also attract snakes.
3. Common snake medicines
1. Homemade anti-snake medicine:
Materials: realgar (poisonous, do not burn it when using it) 2 liang, 1 head of garlic , a piece of gauze.
Preparation: Mash the garlic and grind the realgar into powder. Mix the two thoroughly, wrap them with gauze and tie them into a small ball, so that no water comes out.
Usage: Hang the realgar garlic balls around your waist. If you want to be more secure, make two balls and tie them to the left and right ankles respectively. In this way, no matter where they go, the snake clan will stay away.
Features: The effect is remarkable and durable. Once made, it can be used for one month.
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3. When bitten by a snake in the wild, take snake tablets and apply snake antidote powder around the wound. Drug supply stations in various places have different snakebite medicines, which can be used according to the instructions.
Nantong Snake Medicine, also called Ji Desheng Snake Medicine (tablets), is used to treat bites from poisonous snakes and venomous insects. It has the effects of detoxification, pain relief, and swelling. Shanghai Snake Medicine is used to treat bites from venomous snakes such as Aphrodisiac aphrodisiac and Bamboo-leaf Green. It can also be used to treat bites from cobras, bungaras, and five-step snakes. It has the effects of detoxifying snake venom, anti-inflammatory, cardiotonic, diuretic, hemostatic, and anti-hemolysis.
4. Serum: If possible, it is best to prepare the corresponding serum based on local animal records, carry it to the local area in cold storage, and store it in the hospital.
The second part is about issues after being bitten by a venomous snake:
1. When the type of snake bite cannot be determined, it cannot be judged as a non-venomous snake if there are no obvious symptoms. . In most cases, the wound may be blurred, and if it is unclear whether it is a venomous snake bite or a non-venomous snake bite, it should be treated as a venomous snake bite. Bites from non-venomous snakes usually have four rows of small tooth marks, while bites from venomous snakes usually have one, two or three relatively large and deep tooth marks. Some venomous snakes have two rows of venomous fangs.
2. Look at the wound. A poisonous snake may break its teeth into your flesh and pull it out.
3. Caution: Immediately after being bitten by a snake, use 5-7 match heads to cauterize the wound to destroy the local snake venom.
4. Flushing: Snake venom will not spread within 1-3 minutes. At this time, squeezing out or flushing the venom can effectively eliminate most of the venom. Immediately rinse with hydrogen peroxide or 0.1% potassium permanganate, saline or cold boiled water, soap, urine. It is best to place the injured limb in 4-7℃ ice water (ice cubes are placed in the cold water) and place it around the injured area. Crushed ice can be maintained for 24 hours, or ethyl chloride can be sprayed (pay attention to keeping the whole body warm when cooling down). Remember: Never apply alcohol to wounds.
5. Tie the limbs: At the proximal end, use a strap to tightly tie the limbs in a spiral shape like leggings to delay the spread of venom. For example, if your ankle is bitten, bandage it under the knee. Snake venom is transmitted through veins, which are distributed on the surface of the human body. Using coarse cloth strips to compress the veins on the body surface over a large area can effectively prevent the spread of snake venom without blocking blood circulation due to local tying that is too tight. This will prevent the spread of venom as much as possible and prevent toxins from entering the lymphatic system. After ligation, go to the doctor for treatment immediately. It should generally not take more than 2 hours after the first aid treatment is completed. When there is no bandage, you can also use rope, cloth straps, shoelaces, straw, etc. to make a circular ligation 5 to 10 centimeters above the wound near the heart. It should not be too tight or too loose. The ligation should be done quickly, completed within 2 to 5 minutes after the bite, and then relaxed for 1 to 2 minutes every 15 minutes to avoid necrosis of the limb due to blocked blood circulation. After going to a nearby hospital to inject anti-venom, the ligation can be removed.
6. Expansion and detoxification: After rinsing, use a sterilized knife to cut the skin between the two tooth marks. At the same time, use a knife to break several places the size of rice grains on the skin near the wound. This allows the venom to escape. Keep squeezing the wound for 20 minutes. However, if you are bitten by an adder (five-step viper), iron-headed viper, viper, or viper, do not use a knife to detoxify, because their snake venom contains a hemolytic enzyme that can cause massive bleeding. If the wound is treated again, Incision can only accelerate blood loss from the human body. Because ordinary people cannot distinguish venomous snakes, the practice of incision when treating snake bites cannot be promoted.
7. Acupuncture or cupping: However, for patients with snakebites caused by blood-circulating poisons (such as vipers, chromeheads, bamboo-leaf greens, and five-step snakes), it is not advisable to acupuncture or cupping to prevent the wound from bleeding. If the swelling around the wound is excessive, you can use a sterilized blunt thick needle to penetrate 2 centimeters at the lower end of the swollen area every 1 to 2 inches. If the hands and feet are swollen, puncture the Baxie point (between the four fingers) of the upper limbs. between), those on the lower limbs can puncture the Bafeng point (between the four toes) to eliminate venom and accelerate swelling. Acupuncture detoxification.
8. If a stroke occurs, active treatment should be carried out. Artificial respiration should also be performed when necessary, and the patient's breathing condition should be paid attention to at all times. Severely ill patients who become comatose after being bitten by a bungara snake or a krait can be maintained with artificial respiration.
9. Application of antidote: After being bitten by a poisonous snake, you should take medicine as soon as possible. Nantong snake medicine (Jide snake medicine), Shanghai snake medicine, fresh lobelia (snake grass), oral administration of lobelia, Mash lobelia and realgar together to make a paste for external application, change it once a day. Don't think that everything will be fine if you take medicine. Medicine can only provide relief. Go to the hospital as soon as possible.
10. After doing this, avoid strenuous walking or activities, and keep the injured part drooping and relatively fixed. If conditions permit, it should be transported by others.
On the way to transport the wounded to the hospital, the wounded should move as little as possible to reduce blood circulation and keep warm.
11. No special treatment is required after being bitten by a non-venomous snake. You only need to clean the wound, stop bleeding, and go to the hospital for a tetanus injection.