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ROGER4314
Been Called "Flash" Since I Was A Kid!
I just received a warning from the gun club in Beaumont about one of the members of another club being bitten by a snake while mowing at the range.
The guy messed up but we see so few snake bites that we lose sight of the severity of the reaction. In fact, when I opened my overhead garage door a few weeks ago, a 14" Copper Head dropped off of the door and slid off of my shoulder! I felt that the narrative of how this member was treated after the bite would be sufficient warning to watch your ass! Hunting season is here and our people will be in the woods. TAKE HEED! I know some of these folks and used to shoot matches with them.
Here's the message:
P...., needs your payers and thoughts.
This could be any one of us. We need to remember not to toy, play, touch, pick up or antagonize snakes. They can be deadly.
While on a work day at the b... rifle club, P....... was bitten by a water moccasin .
P...... was bitten at the range today by a water moccasin around 11:30. He ran over it with the mower and then tried to pick it up to move it out of the way.
He was immediately taken to the VA hospital by TD. Thanks T!.
At the hospital, his hand and arm were starting to swell pretty bad and they operated on his hand/arm to relieve pressure.
He is now out of the OR and in his room. There is no phone in the room.
His nurse says he is doing ok and is keeping them laughing but he will probably be in there a couple of days. I heard that he was not pleased when they wanted to take his clothes off to prep him for surgery.
Fyi - We will be adding another item to the Safety Briefing - Do Not Pick Up Snakes!
-G
Sunday - 4:00 PM Update
B and I just back from the hospital. He is in Surgicial ICU at the xx hospital. The nurses said they could not remember ever treating a snakebite victim so it is not a very common event. The staff at the xx seemed to want to do everything possible to make his stay there comfortable. The nurses contact someone to let us get his car keys from patient storage even though it is closed on Sunday. We got his cell phone and reading glasses for him.
We found out the reason he was picking up the snake - He wanted to show it to LM!
One of the fang marks was about 1/3 of the way up his middle finger and the other fang mark was at the base of the index finger on his left hand. From the distance between fang marks plus the size of the puncture wounds it was a pretty big snake.
P is in good spirits and is making jokes. They haven’t let him eat anything because he is still nauseated.
He had surgery and they cut his arm to relieve swelling. He says the incision is almost the length of his forearm and goes almost to the bone.
He might need skin grafts but it will be a couple of days before they know if that will be necessary. His fingers are discolored but he is able to move them.
His upper arm is discolored about ½ way to his body. The upper left arm is swollen about 50% larger than the right arm.
He says the doctor says he could be in the hospital for a week or so.
-G
The guy messed up but we see so few snake bites that we lose sight of the severity of the reaction. In fact, when I opened my overhead garage door a few weeks ago, a 14" Copper Head dropped off of the door and slid off of my shoulder! I felt that the narrative of how this member was treated after the bite would be sufficient warning to watch your ass! Hunting season is here and our people will be in the woods. TAKE HEED! I know some of these folks and used to shoot matches with them.
Here's the message:
P...., needs your payers and thoughts.
This could be any one of us. We need to remember not to toy, play, touch, pick up or antagonize snakes. They can be deadly.
While on a work day at the b... rifle club, P....... was bitten by a water moccasin .
P...... was bitten at the range today by a water moccasin around 11:30. He ran over it with the mower and then tried to pick it up to move it out of the way.
He was immediately taken to the VA hospital by TD. Thanks T!.
At the hospital, his hand and arm were starting to swell pretty bad and they operated on his hand/arm to relieve pressure.
He is now out of the OR and in his room. There is no phone in the room.
His nurse says he is doing ok and is keeping them laughing but he will probably be in there a couple of days. I heard that he was not pleased when they wanted to take his clothes off to prep him for surgery.
Fyi - We will be adding another item to the Safety Briefing - Do Not Pick Up Snakes!
-G
Sunday - 4:00 PM Update
B and I just back from the hospital. He is in Surgicial ICU at the xx hospital. The nurses said they could not remember ever treating a snakebite victim so it is not a very common event. The staff at the xx seemed to want to do everything possible to make his stay there comfortable. The nurses contact someone to let us get his car keys from patient storage even though it is closed on Sunday. We got his cell phone and reading glasses for him.
We found out the reason he was picking up the snake - He wanted to show it to LM!
One of the fang marks was about 1/3 of the way up his middle finger and the other fang mark was at the base of the index finger on his left hand. From the distance between fang marks plus the size of the puncture wounds it was a pretty big snake.
P is in good spirits and is making jokes. They haven’t let him eat anything because he is still nauseated.
He had surgery and they cut his arm to relieve swelling. He says the incision is almost the length of his forearm and goes almost to the bone.
He might need skin grafts but it will be a couple of days before they know if that will be necessary. His fingers are discolored but he is able to move them.
His upper arm is discolored about ½ way to his body. The upper left arm is swollen about 50% larger than the right arm.
He says the doctor says he could be in the hospital for a week or so.
-G
