Hospital staff came face-to-face with one of the world's most deadly snakes after a patient brought it to the emergency department in a snap-lock lunch container.
Isn’t antivenin very species-specific? How are they supposed to know the snake off a probably shitty description from the person bitten, if they even saw it? And saying to not even take a photo? What?
Dr Michael said medical staff did not need to see a snake to know how to treat patients.
“We can determine if you need anti-venom and if so, what anti venom you need based on clinical signs, blood tests and also the snake venom detection kits that we keep here at the hospital,” he said.
"We’re actually not trained to identify snakes, and so it’s not helpful. “It just puts the staff at risk as well as yourself.”
Isn’t antivenin very species-specific? How are they supposed to know the snake off a probably shitty description from the person bitten, if they even saw it? And saying to not even take a photo? What?
Further in the article.
That makes sense. They are doctors not snake experts