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Snake Bite

Categories: FIRST AID TO THE INJURED
Military Handbooks: The Plattsburg Manual Advanced Training

In snake bites the poison acts quickly.



Treatment: Apply a tourniquet between the wound and the heart so as to

stop the circulation and prevent the system from absorbing the poison.

Get out your knife and make a couple of cross cuts through the wound so

it will bleed freely. Then suck the poison from the wound and spit the

poison out. If your lips are lacerated there is danger in this method

but it is your duty to take this chance in order to save your comrade's

life. After sucking out the wound, heat your knife and burn it out.



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