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[Trekker4 at aol.com (Trekker4@aol.com)]

Bulltaco,
    Just because it's on tv, doesn't mean it's correct.  Snake bite kits ARE 
NO LONGER RECOMMENDED by any reputable medical person  or organization 
anymore. According to WebMD, an (Sawyers) extraction  kit must be used within 3-5 
minutes, must be used for 30 minutes, may not even  work at all, and may cause 
permanent damage or infection at the bite site. WebMD  explicitly says DO NOT 
CUT; it also mentions nothing about a tourniquet, only to  splint the limb if 
possible. (Sorry, I can't resist this.) It's no longer  medically recommended or 
ethical to suck on your buddy's ass.
    Whether one can walk or not depends on a lot of  variables: where one was 
struck on the body, what snake it was, how much venom  was injected, etc. One 
would just have to judge for one's self at the time. 
 
Bob "Trekker"  
Big Bend Desert Denizen
(Naturalized Citizen, Republic of  Texas)