does sucking on a snake bite really work?

Answer 1

No. You shouldn't do any of the things that you've probably heard about such as cutting the wound, sucking out the venom with your mout and even using the suction devices. A group of scientists recently tested the suction devices on pigs that they injected with Crotalus venom (rattlesnake venom), and they found that the ones they used the suction devices on actually got WORSE than those that they didn't use anything on.

The best thing you can do is to get medical attention as soon as possible and keep the bite victim as calm as possible to delay the spread of venom until they can receive anti-venom.
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Answer 2

Certainly we don't learn everything we need to know [from] movies in the olden days, but certainly we can see here, he's getting very fearful, running around, things like that, things you're not supposed to do, because that's actually going to move the venom around. In the olden days, they believed in tourniquets, they believed in cutting the wound, and they believed in sucking it out.

Now a new article in the "New England Journal of Medicine," looking at snake bites, found those are probably all strongly discouraged. In fact, there are some other things that you should do. We have a list of those here. Remain calm. That's a really important one, because if you remain calm, you're actually going to probably keep the venom more localized to one place.

Move away from striking distance. You don't want to let that rattler get you again. Immobilize the injured part of the body, so that the body is immobilized. It's not going to let the blood flow to other parts of the body, most importantly the heart. Remove rings, watches and clothing. People don't think about that. That place where you got bit is probably going to swell and that ring or that clothing can cause more damage than the bite itself. Get to a medical facility as quickly as possible. There are good anti-venoms out there.

Now [there are] 10,000 bites a year. Even of the venomous snakes, only 25 percent of them actually release the venom at the time of a bite. And of the 120 or so snakes -- I think we have a picture of some of these slithery creatures, as you say, only 20 of them are actually venomous. And so you have a pretty low likelihood. There's only about maybe 10 to 15 deaths a year from snakebites total.

Answer 3

No it doesn't. When a snake bites it's fangs inject venom into the blood stream, because the blood is circulating through your body at quite a speed it takes very little time (seconds) before the venom is distributed throughout your entire body.

If it's a venomous snake you'd need to get to a medical center or hospital as soon as poss, in many cases there are effective serums available. If it's not a venomous snake then just treat as any minor wound - clean it, apply an antiseptic and lightly dress the wound.

Answer 4

Only to a limited degree, depends on location of the bite, or whether is it in an artery. If it is intra-muscular it will take longer for the venom to be directed into the main bloodstream. Then again it depends on if the venom is neurotoxic, or hemotoxic. Hemotoxic venom's degrade the red blood cells and cause slow suffocation. Neurotoxins act on the central nervous system and cause it to shut down. In either case it is necessary to get immediate medical attention. Some of the newer snake-bite emergency kits contain anti venin as well as a suction cup and bandage. Best idea is not to get bit though.

Answer 5

the most you're able to do is get rid of the little bit that is on the exterior of the wound, it may help you yet no longer with the help of a lot, and each of the time you spent with those manouvers is wasted. What you want to do is positioned a band around the limb in the route of the body, tight adequate to end the blood backflow yet no longer too tightly, you want to sense a pulse below the band. This slicing and sucking stuff gained't artwork, because once the poison enters the wound it truly is taken to something else of the body. recognize you snakes on your section so that you've an theory what to do

Answer 6

Well, if the snake isn''t vemenous then there isn't any point, its just an open wound and you should clean it, put antibiotic ointment on it and wrap it up. IF it was a venemous snake bite, then ideally you should have a suction device other than your mouth, as the venmom can seep through the porous surface of your mouth and get into your blood stream anyways.

Answer 7

Not really. In fact, if you have a cut or sore in your mouth or lip, you could poison yourself without being bitten. You could swallow the venom(without a cut or sore in your mouth or lip) & the venom wouldn't harm you. It has to enter your bloodstream. Most people do more damage to the patient with hurried cutting & tourniquets, so it's best to just get the person to a medical facility ASAP.

Answer 8

It works for getting high, like an acid trip man.

Answer 9

only if it's a poisonous snake

Answer 10

No. It will make your blood circulate faster, then it goes to your heart faster and then... URK