Doomsday Defense Topic
Field Medicine
Bites, Stings & Poisoning
Snakebite, spider and insect stings, allergic reactions and poisonous plants: what to do and the old myths to avoid.
Field notes
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Snakebite First Aid: What to Do and What Not to Do
Get to antivenom fast, keep the bite still and clean, and mark the swelling. No tourniquet, no cutting, no sucking, no ice. The old methods hurt.
In the library
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Backwoods Surgery & Medicine
A 1910 physician's guide for campers far from help: fractures, burns, cuts, drowning, camp diseases, snakebite and the medicine chest.