Is it possible to survive a poisonous snake bite without getting medical attention?

Question

Is it possible to survive a poisonous snake bite without getting medical attention?

Answer 1

no. eventually the poison will affect the person's immune system causing him/her to go into shock and become a fatality.

Answer 2

Yes. I did but I was lucky. It was a juvenile water moccasin and it only nicked me with a single fang. The bite tingled but didn't hurt. I survived; the snake didn't.

Answer 3

That depends on a lot of factors: such as how long the poison has been in the body, the concentration of the poison, whether a tourniquet was used, etc. Just because you survive a poisonous snake bite doesn't mean that you can get up and walk away easily.

In fact the trick to surviving a snake bite when medical attention is not available is to:

*Clean the wound of obvious dirt

*Make a small crisscross wound over the bite (to make it easier to suck out the venom)

*Suck out the poison as quickly as possible (before it enters the bloodstream, where it will kill)

*Apply a tourniquet (to restrict blood flow)

*Reduce movement as much as possible (your muscles need blood to move, the more your muscles move, the more blood you need and the more the blood goes around, the more the blood goes around, the faster the poison gets around so as much as possible DON'T MOVE)

- The victim should preferably be carried to a medical center (to prevent blood flow by walking) ASAP

- The sooner this procedure is done, the better

- This is not a replacement for professional medical attention. It should not be optional. A human life is not optional.

Answer 4

yes and no. 1. it depends what kind of snake and 2. it depnds alot on body size. om not familar with snakes but my uncle age 35 is 6'6 and ways close to 300lbs when he was biten by a blackwido and only had a small infection but i heard of you children around the age 6 almost died.

Answer 5

Suck out the poison, before it gets into the blood stream

Answer 6

Certainly. It depends on the snake, the type of venom and the amount injected.  Some snake venoms are much more deadly than others, and also most snakes can control the amount of venom injected in a bite.  Specifically, most of the poisonous snakes in North America -- rattlesnakes, copperheads and water moccasins --- have a less deadly type of poison, called hemotoxin, than snakes of the tropics, which use neurotoxins.  Coral snakes use neurotoxins, but their bites are seldom fatal simply because they are small, and their fangs are at the back of the mouth, which makes it hard to get a good bite on a person.

A grown man has a pretty good chance of surviving a rattlesnake bite without antivenin, although it is a painful experience, and likely to result in permanent scarring..  Women and children are more susceptible, simply because they are smaller, and the same amount of venom is more likely to be deadly.  Older people, and people with heart conditions are also more likely to succumb.

Answer 7

Yes. There are many accounts of this happening. It all depends upon toxin, the the body's reaction to the toxin and the amount of toxin injected by the snake. It is not recommended that you NOT get medical help if bitten, but if you know that the snake bite is poisonous, remain calm and try to prevent the toxin from circulating through your body. A tourniquet is helpful, as is keeping your pulse down. If you know you cannot get to medical help, remain still, keeping muscle movement to a minimum, since movement will increase blood circulation. Eventually, if you survive, the body will metabolize the toxin and denature and/or expel it through sweat or through the kidneys and liver.

Answer 8

Yes, but it depends on several factors - the species of snake, the amount of venom injected, the size and health of the person bitten, etc. A bite which would kill a child, an elderly person or someone with a weak heart might easily be survived by a healthy adult. Then again, some species are so venomous that however fit you are you will invariably die without medical treatment if even a small amount of venom is injected. However, all species are capable of giving 'dry bites' - that is, biting without injecting any venom. Some snakes will kill you if enough venom is injected, but not if they only inject a little. And so on ...

If you are bitten by a venomous snake, you should always seek medical treatment, just to be on the safe side.