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(This entire chapter is about how to deal with snake bites. If you find it boring, feel free to skip it, but I still suggest taking a look. You might never need the skill to wrestle a tiger, but this information could come in handy one day.)

Lili asked, "So what should we do if we really get bitten by a snake?"

Fang Ye chuckled, thinking about how to put it, "I don't know if you have heard about a piece of news from a few years back. A girl was walking by the road, and she dropped her phone into the grass. When she bent over to pick it up, she got bitten by a snake. After being bitten, she just grabbed the snake and took it with her to the hospital."

Daigo immediately got excited, "Oh, I've seen that news! It was so badass!"

A tourist admired, "I've seen it too! I remember the girl holding the snake with one hand and filling out the medical form with the other, extremely calm! That's why it left a deep impression on me. But it turned out to be a non-venomous snake later."

A curious tourist asked, "Is that the correct way to handle it? After being bitten, you capture the snake because it seems that the serum can't be made otherwise, right? Every venomous snake needs a different serum, as far as I know."

Lin Hao frowned, feeling puzzled, "Is that so? It always felt odd to me?"

Fang Ye said with a smile, "How to handle a snake bite immediately afterward is crucial, and indeed there are many misconceptions about this.

The girl in the news was amazing—catching a snake barehanded, but that's a wrong demonstration. Luckily, she encountered a non-venomous snake. If it had been venomous, the danger would've been much greater.

Catching snakes requires professional equipment and skills!

Don't try to catch a snake with your bare hands like she did. The snake might initially bite just to warn without injecting venom, resulting in no harm. But if you enrage the snake by grabbing it, it might bite again, this time injecting venom or injecting a larger dose. How about that?

During the snake capture and transport, secondary injuries can occur.

Indeed different types of venomous snakes require different serums, but these are not made from the snakes we currently capture! They are made well in advance."

The buzz-cut student said, "I see, instead of capturing the snake, we should take a picture immediately to help doctors identify which venomous snake it is, right?"

Fang Ye replied, "It depends on the situation. If you happen to have your phone or a camera handy, you could take a quick picture, otherwise forget it.

A venomous snake won't stay still after defensively biting someone, it will quickly leave. By the time you take out your phone, open the camera app, and adjust the angle, the snake will have run off. Are you going to chase after it to take a photo? Do you really think you'll manage to snap a picture once it slithers into the grass?

Panic and movement can speed up blood circulation, accelerating the spread of the poison and delaying emergency treatment. Find your next read on empire

After being bitten, it's best to calm down and first determine whether a venomous snake bit you. You can check the bite marks.

Non-venomous snake bite marks are jagged, small, and shallow, while venomous snake bites usually have 1-4 large and deep fang marks that are quite distinct.

The bite marks turn purple-black, with the surrounding skin swollen in a dark purple color or feeling numb.

If it's a venomous snake bite, then take emergency measures, and try to minimize movement while waiting for rescue.

You should have heard about some first aid measures for snake bites, right?"

The square-faced man wisely said, "If you get bitten on a finger, just cut the finger off!"

"Haha," Fang Ye replied, torn between laughter and despair, "That's quite extreme, brother. What if it bites your hand?"

Thinking it over, the man with the square face said, "Then maybe don't chop it off, and suck the venom out. I know you have to do that with a mouth that isn't bleeding."

Daigo commented, "I remember watching news about this! Someone was chopping wood on the mountain and got bitten by a snake, so they just chopped their finger off with an axe."

A tourist nearby nodded in agreement, "Sacrifice a pawn to save the chariot, as long as it saves your life!"

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Now everyone still thinks "a man must sever his wrist to save his life" is a normal emergency measure.

Fang Ye couldn't help but sigh, increasingly realizing the importance of popularizing knowledge on snakebite treatment.

"Cutting off the limb directly is definitely wrong. If it's a nonvenomous snake, amputating a limb could lead to severe blood loss shock or even death, not to mention permanent disability, which would be a huge loss.

In '94, a child in a Zhejiang village was bitten by a Chinese moccasin while catching frogs. In an attempt to save his child's life, the father quickly used a firewood cleaver to amputate his son's arm. The venom was gone, but a lively and adorable child lost his arm forever."

The tourists all showed shocked expressions, taking sharp breaths: "Hiss~"

"Wow, that kid had it rough."

Fang Ye said, "The Chinese moccasin's name only describes the potency of its venom; it doesn't mean that after being bitten, you will truly die after walking five steps!

This measure is equivalent to what? It's like bathing a baby in a basin and accidentally throwing the baby out with the bathwater while attempting to pour out the dirty water.

If bitten by a venomous snake, first remove any jewelry on your hand immediately, as the bitten area will swell rapidly, and if you keep wearing rings and bracelets that you can't remove, blood circulation will be cut off, which may lead to needing an amputation if left too long.

Then, use whatever we always carry with us, like belts, earphone cords, rubber bands, shoelaces, etc., to create a binding tourniquet. The faster you perform the binding, the better! It can promptly hinder the spread of the venom.

The position is 5-10 centimeters towards the heart from the wound; if bitten on a finger, then tie at the base of the finger. Be careful to get the tightness right, it shouldn't be too tight; just like when drawing blood, you should be able to slip a finger underneath.

Tie it for 40 minutes to an hour, then loosen it for 10 minutes. Otherwise, if it's too tight for too long, it could cause distal oxygen deprivation and necrosis.

Then, repeatedly wash the wound with clean water; using soap water, saline solution, or potassium permanganate solution is even better.

What the brother mentioned earlier about sucking with the mouth, suction immediately after being bitten can be somewhat effective, but once it has spread, it's not useful anymore, because snake venom is chemically bonded, and physical means cannot completely expel it.

Also, take care not to have any bleeding gums or the like, and after each time you suck out and spit out the venom, you must rinse your mouth to clean the oral cavity, because the sublingual veins are rich in blood vessels and have strong absorption. Otherwise, secondary poisoning might occur.

Don't worry if you accidentally swallow a small amount of venom; as snake venom will be decomposed by stomach acid once in the stomach and won't lead to poisoning unless you have stomach diseases.

Now let's talk about incisions and fire detoxification.

Both of these methods are effective, but ordinary people should not use them; they are recommended only for professionals.

Incision and suction share the same principle, but it's difficult for the average person to judge how long and deep to cut; too shallow, and it's ineffective, but too deep can impede recovery. Moreover, some venomous snakes have blood venoms with anticoagulants in their venom, and cutting open the wound can cause continuous bleeding, exacerbating the injury.

The principle behind fire detoxification is because snake venom is protein, and burning can cause the protein to denature and lose its activity.

Some snakes have long fangs that inject venom deeply, and fire can only reach the surface layer, unable to destroy the deep venom.

However, for some venomous snakes with shallow fang penetration and small delivered venom volumes, the fire method can be miraculously effective. Usually, a few match heads are placed on the wound and ignited, using the instantaneous high temperature to destroy the snake venom.

But if ordinary people try it, they are likely to misjudge it, causing skin tissue burns and infections, and still not destroying the venom, so it's best to only use the aforementioned methods!

It's like the Blind Monk's Dragon's Rage in League of Legends, when used by a professional player it's stable, accurate, and merciless, a kick that determines the outcome of the battle. Bronze Blind Monks might just jump in and throw the game.

After completing emergency measures, hurry to the hospital!"

After delivering a long spiel, Fang Ye took a breath. The tourists clapped admiringly, "We've learned, we've learned!"

"Thank you, Director, for correcting so many misconceptions I had!"