Today I Found Out

The Truth About Snakebites and Sucking Out the Venom (2016x2)

Air date: Jan 04, 2016

→Subscribe for new videos every day! →’s Basement https://youtu.be/tp61Yrj5lTA?list=PLR0XuDegDqP3XRa-w_G0dy_aMMXj0Uq-k In this video: There are a number of productive things you can do to help a snakebite victim; trying to suck out the venom isn’t one of them. Actually having a negative effect, potentially further damaging the tissue around the bite and thus helping to spread the venom, trying to suck the venom out of a snakebite victim is an act in futility that simply delays proper treatment. Once in the body, snake venom quickly spreads throughout the victim’s lymphatic system, and it is just not possible for a human to suck fast or hard enough to remove enough of it to have any real positive effect. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/12/last-thing-want-snakebite-try-suck-venom/ Sources: http://modernsurvivalblog.com/survival-skills/the-4-deadly-poisonous-snakes-in-america/ http://www.webmd.com/women/news/20020802/dont-suck-snakebite http://www.mayoclinic.org/first-aid/first-aid-shock/basics/art-20056620 http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000031.htm http://www.webmd.com/first-aid/snakebite-treatment http://www.reptilegardens.com/reptiles/snakes/venomous/snake-bites.php http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/gaston/Pests/reptiles/snakebitetx.htm http://www.nationaljournal.com/health-care/you-re-more-likely-to-die-from-a-bee-sting-than-a-shark-attack-20140812