AI6YR Ben
2026-03-21T03:10:36Z
firstaid, wilderness, rattlesnakes

UCI Health: What to do if you see — or are bitten — by a rattlesnake

"...Get to a hospital immediately, says Dr. Jeffrey Suchard, a UCI Health emergency medicine physician and medical toxicologist.

That means your best rattlesnake-bite tools are likely already with you: your car keys and a cell phone.

“There is no intervention at the scene of a venomous snakebite that is recommended,” says Suchard.

“Your goal is to get to a hospital as soon as possible to be assessed for possible antivenom treatment.”..."

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