>>ZAC LASHWAY: GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME BACK AS MORE PEOPLE GET OUTSIDE THIS SUMMER.
THERE CAN BE SOME DANGEROUS TO
ADULTS
IN CHILDREN. THIS TIME OF YEAR
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS ARE
SEEING MORE INJURIES LIKE SNAKE
AND SPIDER BITES
JOINING ME NOW IS DOCTOR
FREDERICK JENKINS WITH MEMORIAL
HOSPITAL. DOCTOR JENKINS, THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR TALKING WITH
US. THIS SATURDAY MORNING,
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY TO YOU HAPPY
4TH OF JULY TO YOU
AS WELL YOU KNOW WE’RE GOING TO
PUT THE FIREWORKS ON THE BACK
BURNER FOR NOW AND WE’RE GOING
TO TALK ABOUT
OTHER THINGS SUCH AS STEAK BITE
SPIDER BITE, WHAT IS THE FIRST
AND MOST IMPORTANT THING TO DO
IF YOU’VE BEEN BITTEN BY A
SNAKE.
>> SO WELL, THE FIRST AND MOST
OBVIOUS THING TO DO IS TO TO
GET AWAY FROM THE SNAKE AND
PROTECT YOURSELF THAT THE NEXT
THING THAT YOU WANT TO DO IS
QUICKLY REMOVE
ANY RAINS OR WATCHES OR OTHER
THINGS THAT MIGHT BE
CONSTRUCTIVE FROM YOUR HANDS OR
YOUR ARMS BECAUSE THAT CAN BE
DIFFICULT TO DO AND SWELLING
SETS IN QUICKLY CLEANED THE
BITE AND THEN GET TO THE
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AS QUICKLY
AS YOU CAN.
THERE’S A LOT OF ATTENTION
THAT’S GIVEN TO TRYING TO
IDENTIFY THE SNAKE BITE NOW IF
YOU CAN DO THAT IN A WAY THAT’S
THAT’S A FOR YOU THAT DOESN’T
PUT YOU AT HARM.
IT DOESN’T DELAY YOU GETTING TO
THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND DO
IT BUT PLEASE DO NOT TRY TO
KILL
THE SNAKE DON’T PICK IT UP IF
YOU THINK THAT IT’S DEAD
BECAUSE IT CAN REFLEXIVE LEE BY
PERHAPS THE BEST WAY IS JUST TO
SORT OF STAND BACK AT A SAFE
DISTANCE AND TAKE A QUICK PHOTO
WITH YOUR
CELL PHONE.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: LET ME ASK YOU
THIS THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS.
I TIME ON A LAKE IN SOUTHERN
PUTNAM COUNTY AND WE WERE
HAVING THIS CONVERSATION WITH A
FEW FOLKS. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STAKE THERE ARE WAYS TO IDENTIFY WHETHER
THAT SNAKE COULD POTENTIALLY BE
VENOMOUS IS THAT CORRECT BY THE
SHAPE OF
ITS HEAD.
>> YES, SO THE SNAKES THAT WERE
BY AND LARGE CONCERNED ABOUT IN
THIS AREA ARE SNAKES TO FALL
INTO THE CATEGORY B AND
PIT VIPERS AND THE MOST
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THAT
THEY HAVE A TRIANGULAR SHAPED
HEAD THAT SEPARATES PRETTY
QUICKLY FROM
THE BODY. THEY HAVE A LOOK
TICKLE PUPILS AND THEY HAVE THE
THESE PITS THAT ARE BEHIND
THEIR NOSTRILS THAT SINCE HEAT
AND THAT’S WHY THEY’RE CALLED
PIT VIPERS BUT THE MOST TO SEEK
DISTINGUISHING THING IS THE
SHAPE OF THE HEAD WHICH
IS TRIANGULAR.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: AND AGAIN DO NOT
PUT YOURSELF IN FURTHER DANGER
TRYING TO IDENTIFY THAT SNAKE
AFTER YOU HAD SOME SORT OF
ALTERCATION WITH IT.
>> WHAT SHOULD YOU DO
IMMEDIATELY AFTER LIKE YOU SAID
WAS REMOVING THE WATCHER RAINS
WHAT WHAT SHOULD YOU DO NEXT.
WELL.
>> GET TO THE EMERGENCY
DEPARTMENT LET’S TALK ABOUT
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU
DON’T WANT TO DO OK YOU DO DO
NOT WANT TO USE A CONSTRUCTIVE
COULD COMPRESS OF DRESSING LIKE
AN ACE WRAP OR SOMETHING
LIKE THAT HE DEFINITELY DO NOT
WANT TO TIE A DON’T
USE ICE DON’T TRY TO SUCK THE
POISON OUT THESE ARE THINGS
THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PROVEN TO
WORK AND THEY MIGHT ACTUALLY
MAKE THINGS WORSE.
PERHAPS THE BEST WAY TO TO DO IT IF YOU’RE COMING TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT IS KIND OF
JUST HOLD YOUR HAND AT ABOUT
THE LEVEL OF THE HEART
BUT THEN AGAIN TRY TO GET TO
THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT IS
QUICKLY SHE CAN THAT’S THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING BECAUSE WE HAVE
WHAT YOU NEED TO TREAT YOU.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: AND IF PEOPLE
WANT TO
AND SOUTH DO NOT TAKE TYLENOL
AND YOU DO RECOMMEND TAKING
ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO YOU MAYBE
STOP THE PAIN IF THEY’RE IN
PAIN. I LIKE
THE HOSPITAL.
>> YEAH TOWELS FIND THAT THAT
WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA, BUT ONCE
YOU GET HERE WE’RE GOING TO
TAKE CARE OF YOUR PAIN.
>> OK FROM SNAKES
TO SPIDERS DOES A SPIDER BITE
HAVE ANY UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS
PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT
THAT SHOULD NEED A
MEDIA ATTENTION.
>> WELL THERE’S 2 CATEGORIES OF
THAT THAT DO LIVE IN THIS AREA
THAT ARE A BIT MORE CONCERNING THAN THE BROWN RECLUSE SPIDER IS IS A POTENTIALLY CONCERNING
SPIDER BITE BECAUSE THE THERE COULD BE A FAIR AMOUNT OF OF SKIN NECROSIS OR ALSO RATION
THAT CAN OCCUR AS AS A RESULT
OF THE BITE AND THEN WE HAVE
THE THE WIDOW SPIDERS WHICH
INCLUDE THE BLACK WIDOW, BROWN
WIDOW ON THESE CAN BE DANGEROUS BECAUSE THEY CAN HAVE WHAT WE CALL A NEUROTOXIC IN THIS
CAN CAUSE SORT OF UNCONTROLLED
MUSCLE SPASM THAT IS BOTH AT
THE SITE OF THE BITE AND CAN BE
IN THE CHEST AND ABDOMEN, SOME
PATIENTS CAN
SHOW UP WITH SEVERE ABDOMINAL
PAIN OR SEVERE CHEST PAIN THAT
MIGHT ACTUALLY MIMIC A
HEART ATTACK.
>> SO THESE ARE THESE WILL BE
THE 2 MOST CONCERNING BITES AND
VERY SCARY TALKING ABOUT OTHER
INJURIES THIS TIME OF YEAR.
TODAY IS THE 4TH OF JULY PEOPLE
ARE GOING TO BE OUT AND ABOUT
ON BOATS RUNNING AROUND WHAT
ARE SOME OTHER INJURIES YOU SEE
ON THIS
HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
>> WELL, YOU KNOW WE ALWAYS
HAVE TO TALK ABOUT FIREWORK
INJURIES AROUND THE 4TH OF I
GUESS MY MY NUMBER ONE TIP
THERE WOULD BE TO LEAVE IT TO
THE IF YOU CAN JUST 48 HOURS IT
MIGHT BE THE BEST WAY TO
AVOID INJURY. IF YOU ARE GOING
TO SHOOT OFF FIREWORKS PLEASE
BY ALL MEANS WEAR EYE
PROTECTION. DO NOT EVER HOLD
THE FIREWORK IN YOUR HANDS WHEN
YOU’RE SHOOTING THEM
MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER
CANISTER THEY MIGHT BE LAUNCHED
FROM IS IS REALLY FIRMLY
SECURED TO THE GROUND THAT IT
DOESN’T YOU MIGHT NOT TIP OVER.
JUST LIKE THEM GET AWAY REALLY QUICKLY LIKE THEM IN A WIDE KNOW FLAMMABLE BUT MATERIALS
AROUND AND IT’S A GOOD IDEA TO
KEEP SOME WATER AROUND YOU IN
CASE IN CASE YOU
NEED IT.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: DOCTOR JENKINS
GREAT TIPS THIS MORNING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US ON THIS 4TH OF JULY. I HOPE