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Rattlesnakes would prefer to avoid
you.
Given the chance, it will usually crawl away.
Rattlesnake at Alabama Hills near Lone Pine, CA
WHEN ON THE TRAIL OR CAMPING
- Make noise.
- Don't reach up or over any place you cannot see.
- Don't step over logs, rocks, ect., without looking
first.
- Don't sit on a log, rock, ect., without checking the area
first.
- Look ahead and to both sides while on trails.
- Walk around the snake. Don't play with it.
- During hot weather, be more careful in the mornings and
evenings.
IF BITTEN BY A RATTLESNAKE:
- Stop moving immediately and lay down if possible.
- Keep the bitten area at or below heart level.
- Immobilize the affected limb.
- If victim can be taken to a hospital within five
hours,
then go to hospital or else:
- If mild swelling, discoloration around the bite, along
with moderate pain, nausea, shortness of breath begin to
occur, apply constricting band on the heart side of the
wound.
- Band should be 3/4 to 1 1/2 inches wide. Belt can be
used.
- Band should be snug. If finger can be slipped under band,
it is tight enough. Loosen band if swelling increases, but
do not remove band.
- Be sure you can detect a pulse on both sides of
band.
- Be calm, snake bites are seldom fatal in North America. If
alone, find shelter, warmth, and suffer it out. You will be
sick and in pain, but chances are good you will survive.
- If more than one person, send for help.
PHOTO
HERE
Crazy rattlesnake attacking the car
Chiricahua National Monument
Has anybody heard of a rattlesnake
attacking a vehicle. About 6-7 times
he slammed into the car door. Didn't
get the best photograph, being afraid
he might come in through the open
window.
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