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Summary: How to use an extractor to remove venom in this free first aid video.
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Ginger Black Ginger Black works for a state facility where she handles venomous and non-venomous reptiles and amphibians on a weekly basis. She has received extensive trai... read more
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Questions & AnswersHi, 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.
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