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“Don’t Give Up on Me,” Carney Man Succumbs to Rattlesnake Bite
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| JUNE 9, 2017
| CASSANDRA SWEETMAN
Posted on 06/10/2017 5:57:33 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
I hate the ambulance chasers as much as the next FReeper, but would she have grounds for a medical malpractice lawsuit?
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posted on
06/10/2017 6:04:41 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(Prophecy of sky Gods, the sun and moon)
To: nickcarraway
Boy Scout Handbook covers this, along with the cheap snake bite first aid kit.
Progress in the 21st Century? Many more unself-relient fools.
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posted on
06/10/2017 6:05:17 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
To: nickcarraway
There was a question of Jeopardy the other day about snake bites. The state with the most deaths was Florida.
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posted on
06/10/2017 6:05:30 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: nickcarraway
I hate the word partner for husband or wife. I have a business partner. A chess partner. A tennis partner.
Husband or wife is unique.
Anyway, a very sad story.
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posted on
06/10/2017 6:05:39 PM PDT
by
Persevero
(Love you guys)
To: wastedyears
Maybe, but I’d be reluctant to convict someone for a missed diagnosis. If victim came in and said he had been bitten by a snake and they ignored it, then yes.
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posted on
06/10/2017 6:10:17 PM PDT
by
libertylover
(In 2016 small-town America got tired of being governed by people who don't know a boy from a girl.)
To: nickcarraway
Kinda rare, these days, to die from a rattler.
May he rest in peace and may the rattler die of indigestion.
Makes me kinda wonder...if he couldn't tell them he was bit by a rattler at the time he went to the hospital, how did they know he'd been bitten later...when they administered anti-venin?
I've never been surprised by a rattler, mainly 'cause I let them know I'm there and they'll usually let me know they are there.
A damned Copperhead...I'll kill every one I see.
Period.
I hate those damned sneaky things.
In fact, I hate them so bad, that when I see a King Snake on another part of my land, I transplant them closer to my house.
I found a big King just a week or so ago while bushhogging...surprised it in the process of eating another snake.
Couldn't tell what it was from the tip of the tail, but I hope it was a Copperhead.
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posted on
06/10/2017 6:11:38 PM PDT
by
OldSmaj
(The only thing washed on a filthy liberal is their damned brains.)
To: nickcarraway
Sue that Hospital.
This aint rocket science, two puncture wounds inflammation, swelling.
Jeepus
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posted on
06/10/2017 6:12:54 PM PDT
by
mylife
(the roar of the masses could be farts)
To: nickcarraway
My sister got bit by a copperhead about three years ago. It was dark, and she was walking a basket of laundry outside to the washer in the garage. She said initially it stung, and she said it looked like it might be a spider bite. Within an hour, she was in the ER with nausea, fever, and chills. They had to keep pumping antivenin into her, and she basically used up the whole supply the hospital had before she stabilized. She went though months of hell trying to recover. Had ongoing renal failure issues. Antibiotics to fight off sepsis and gangrene. It's not something I'd wish on anybody. I feel for him, and condolences to his family.
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posted on
06/10/2017 6:13:05 PM PDT
by
Viking2002
("If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck." - John Steinbeck)
To: Persevero
No, the term partner compliments the husband or wife. It's already understood that he/she is your husband/wife. He/She is also your best friend, and the two of you are literally that, a partnership.
But I can see your point though.
To: wastedyears
Hell yes! this is pure incompetence.
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posted on
06/10/2017 6:15:10 PM PDT
by
mylife
(the roar of the masses could be farts)
To: Viking2002
I read some time ago that more people in the U.S. are bitten by copperheads than all other snakes combined. I am pretty sure that North Carolina has the most venomous snake bites but not the most deaths.
I haven’t seen the figures but I would bet more die from rattlers than any other snake bites, at least here in the U.S.
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posted on
06/10/2017 6:18:11 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: wastedyears
If they make the mistake/negligence, it is not ambulance chasing. It is an iatrogenic death.
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posted on
06/10/2017 6:19:46 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: OldSmaj
Kinda rare, these days, to die from a rattler.On average, about five people per year die from snake bites in the United States, mostly rattlers but copperheads, corals and mambas as well.
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posted on
06/10/2017 6:22:52 PM PDT
by
Drew68
To: Secret Agent Man
If they make the mistake/negligence, it is not ambulance chasing. It is an iatrogenic deathAre you saying the folks at the hospital gave him a snake bite?
Otherwise i don't think that word means what you you think it means.
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posted on
06/10/2017 6:23:14 PM PDT
by
corkoman
To: OldSmaj
Copperheads are a favorite for king snakes. If you have a king around, you won’t have to worry about venomous snakes or rats. Friend of mine in MS sent me an e-mail the other day; he was jogging on a trail in the woods and saw/heard some kind of commotion in the brush; he stopped and began approaching slowly. In a few steps he saw what was causing the ruckus; a king snake was in the process of killing and eating a copperhead.
To: mylife
My wife was bitten by a copperhead several years ago on her heel. It was a single mark that looked a lot like a mesquite thorn gouge.
Dry bite resulted in 18 hrs in the hospital and $40K with no antivenom administered as best we could tell.
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posted on
06/10/2017 6:25:11 PM PDT
by
Clay Moore
(JRandomFreeper, SWAMPSNIPER RIP)
To: OldSmaj
Copperheads are sneaky, they lay low and wear camouflage. Rattlers generally give you a wide berth and tell you "Hey I'm here do not come closer"
Stop and they go away.
Kill every Cotton mouth you see, they are just nasty
Bread truck/boat gun
Beats hucking rocks at it
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posted on
06/10/2017 6:27:32 PM PDT
by
mylife
(the roar of the masses could be farts)
To: yarddog
Yeah, I'm not sure of the statistics, either. It's not one of those things you really stop and ponder until you or someone you know gets bitten. But it's not something you generally bounce back from and are back at work the next day. Or the day, or the next day, ad nauseum.
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posted on
06/10/2017 6:28:02 PM PDT
by
Viking2002
("If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck." - John Steinbeck)
To: Viking2002
My buddy Colt stepped on one.
3 days in ER
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posted on
06/10/2017 6:29:34 PM PDT
by
mylife
(the roar of the masses could be farts)
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