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Snake Bite - Prevention Bulletin

Snakes usually bite when they feel threatened, especially at night or in poorly lit areas. To prevent snake bites, wear boots and long pants outdoors, use a light at night, and be careful when putting your hands or feet in unseen places. If bitten, stay calm and immobilize the bite area. Clean the wound and seek immediate medical help by contacting security personnel. At the hospital, anti-venom may be administered by a doctor if needed for the snake species.

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Snake Bite - Prevention Bulletin

Snakes usually bite when they feel threatened, especially at night or in poorly lit areas. To prevent snake bites, wear boots and long pants outdoors, use a light at night, and be careful when putting your hands or feet in unseen places. If bitten, stay calm and immobilize the bite area. Clean the wound and seek immediate medical help by contacting security personnel. At the hospital, anti-venom may be administered by a doctor if needed for the snake species.

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Snake Bite Prevention Bulletin

Prevention of Snake Bites:

• Snakes usually bite when feel threatened, and mostly at night Black Pakistan Cobra
• Wear leather boots/close shoes and long trousers when walking outside
accommodations / Porta cabins
• Carry a lamp/torch at night especially in poorly lit areas
• Avoid putting your hands or feet in places you cannot see properly.
• Don't sit down without first looking around
• Wear gloves and look before placing your hands when collecting
equipment, lifting pipes from ground, dislodging logs or stones.
• Be careful when opening your vehicle’s front or changing tires.
• Avoid sleeping on the ground whenever possible.
• Never handle a snake even if it looks dead or seems harmless.
• Never try to play with or kill a snake yourself, let security guard know if you
encounter a snake.
• Remain at a safe distance and immediately call security to handle the
snake with snake catcher
• Don’t pick up a dead snake. It may only be injured, stunned or playing
dead.

First Aid for Snake Bite Cases:

The aim of first aid treatment is to limit the spread of the venom to prevent it Krait (Sung Choor)
reaching the central circulation and causing generalized poisoning. The following
are to be followed.

• Immediately inform the Field Doctor in accordance with Emergency Response


Plan.
• Reassure the victim to stay calm.
• Immobilize the victim, since movement can distribute venom around the
bloodstream.
• After snakebites, local mechanical suction by Extractor may be beneficial if
available to the puncture wounds within 3 to 5 minutes. Suction should be
continued for at least 30 min.
• Like all puncture wounds, bites must be thoroughly cleaned.
• Give Paracetamol (not Aspirin) for pain relief. In the case of a spitting snake, if
venom has entered the eye, wash it out thoroughly and transfer to hospital.
• Immobilizing the whole limb with splints (or a sling) and firm, but not tight, Russell Viper (Lundi)
bandaging will help to limit spread of toxin, positioning below the level of the
heart.
• Transfer the patient to the nearest recommended medical facility as per
medical emergency response procedure.
• If the snake has been killed it should be taken, without direct handling, to the
hospital, but do not endanger anyone by trying to catch the snake if it has not.
• The decision to use anti venom should only be taken by a qualified medical
practitioner and, except in specific and extreme circumstances; it should only
be administered in a medical facility. Anti-venom should only be given if its
stated range of specificity includes the species responsible for the bite.
• The use of tight arterial tourniquets, incision around the bite, cooling with ice
and suction are potentially dangerous, may make the situation worse and are
strictly not recommended.

BY: HSE TEAM

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