How to Survive a Venomous Snake Bite : How to Use An Extractor to Remove Snake Venom
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Hi, I'm Ginger Black. I'm a professional snake handler with Expert Village. Okay. We have
our pseudo snake bite victim here who was prepared enough to bring his Sawyer extraction
kit with him. Inside the kit you have a cheat sheet telling you what you can use this kit
for. There are sting relief pads for bee and ant stings, things to that effect. Alcohol
prep pads. A couple of Band-Aids. The extractor itself. The tips that belong in it. And a
razor. You want to begin by taking one of your alcohol prep pads and very gently cleaning
the bite location. Your razor. You want to very gently shave around the bite location
to remove any hair there. Remove your extractor. And, choose a tip that is an appropriate size
for the wound. You want something that will cover both punctures from the fangs. If the
snake was too large to do with one tip, you may need two extraction kits. You'll pull
the plunger back on the extractor. Put the tip on the end. Place it over the puncture
wounds. And push the plunger in. This draws the skin up into the tip and will suck blood
and venom from the victims skin. You don't want to leave it on anymore than thirty seconds
at a time. To remove it, simply pull the plunger out. Take it off. Clean the site again with
a prep pad. Clean the kit. And, replace it. Go through the whole process again. You want
to do this as many times as possible within the first five minutes after the bite.
