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12-13-12, 05:35 AM
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Re: Close Call with a King Cobra
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Originally Posted by RandyRhoads
You are right. But if he hasn't found a single person doing this the correct way, that makes me question his "experience" and what kind of people he does find. Not a single one had it right? That is hard to believe for someone working in the field for so long.
I mean it's more of a standard of necessary resources. Does someone really need countless CroFab vials on hand when they live across the street from a hospital with insane amounts of it because you live in rattlesnake country? Probablly not...
How is it a standard? Isn't most of that covered in the "hot school" thread combined with common sense and simple internet research?
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Here you are speaking of an indigenous species of snake, so of course the local hospitals are geared up for snake bites from that (local) species.
Can you tell me that your local hospital has the proper anti venom for a king cobra on hand?? Or some other obscure species from half way around the world?
There is Timber Rattlesnakes & Massasauga rattlesnakes here in upstate New York, so our local hospital is geared for handling those, But I can all but guarantee they don't have the resources for some exotic, tropical animal that is only found somewhere very far away.
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12-13-12, 01:14 PM
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Re: Close Call with a King Cobra
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Originally Posted by infernalis
Can you tell me that your local hospital has the proper anti venom for a king cobra on hand?? Or some other obscure species from half way around the world?
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No. That's why I have said species dependant and it's a matter of the mandatory recources. That was one example where antivenin wouldn't be needed.
Maybe MDT can help with this one but I think you guys are putting too much into a private keeper stocking their own antivenin. Paramedics wont administer, and i'm pretty sure the ER doc will be hesitant on using something you just brought in with you. Aaron- I can almost promise you if you showed up with your own CroFab at an ER well stocked with it they will be using theirs, so that seems like a waste of not only the keepers money, but the overall stock of antivenin to me.
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12-13-12, 02:04 PM
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Re: Close Call with a King Cobra
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Originally Posted by RandyRhoads
No. That's why I have said species dependant and it's a matter of the mandatory recources. That was one example where antivenin wouldn't be needed.
Maybe MDT can help with this one but I think you guys are putting too much into a private keeper stocking their own antivenin. Paramedics wont administer, and i'm pretty sure the ER doc will be hesitant on using something you just brought in with you. Aaron- I can almost promise you if you showed up with your own CroFab at an ER well stocked with it they will be using theirs, so that seems like a waste of not only the keepers money, but the overall stock of antivenin to me.
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Thing about anti-venom is that not only is it extremely expensive, but it expires within a few years. Can anyone confirm this?
Would cost $$$$ for a private keeper to keep any anti-venom on hand in the first place..
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12-13-12, 02:19 PM
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Re: Close Call with a King Cobra
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Originally Posted by MoreliAddict
Thing about anti-venom is that not only is it extremely expensive, but it expires within a few years. Can anyone confirm this?
Would cost $$$$ for a private keeper to keep any anti-venom on hand in the first place..
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Yes, but yet it costs a fortune to buy a ferrari yet people still do it and it deters people as well. I think this is my point.
Also, I'll have to dig it up but I did know of a couple keepers who had their own. A doctor would administer it at the hospital. If it was all legal, why not just keep it at the hospital with their stock? So they know it's legit...Oh right, right...people want to do it illegally.
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12-15-12, 12:10 AM
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Re: Close Call with a King Cobra
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Originally Posted by Aaron_S
Yes, but yet it costs a fortune to buy a ferrari yet people still do it and it deters people as well. I think this is my point.
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Ferrari's and antivenin have nothing to do with each other. These are two totally different things. And a fortune to one person isnt always a fortune to the person with the ferrari 
Anyway Kim, knowing that you collect firearms I can honestly say that you are the first woman I have met that keeps firearms AND venomous snakes. You are awesome!!!!
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12-15-12, 11:53 AM
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Re: Close Call with a King Cobra
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Originally Posted by beardeds4life
Ferrari's and antivenin have nothing to do with each other. These are two totally different things. And a fortune to one person isnt always a fortune to the person with the ferrari
Anyway Kim, knowing that you collect firearms I can honestly say that you are the first woman I have met that keeps firearms AND venomous snakes. You are awesome!!!! |
You clearly missed my point.
Kim, I plan to. I will wait til after the holidays though.
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12-13-12, 02:57 PM
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Re: Close Call with a King Cobra
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Originally Posted by RandyRhoads
Maybe MDT can help with this one but I think you guys are putting too much into a private keeper stocking their own antivenin. Paramedics wont administer, and i'm pretty sure the ER doc will be hesitant on using something you just brought in with you. Aaron- I can almost promise you if you showed up with your own CroFab at an ER well stocked with it they will be using theirs, so that seems like a waste of not only the keepers money, but the overall stock of antivenin to me.
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If you brought me SEALED, UNOPENED, NOT-OUT-OF-DATE, BRAND NAME CroFab, I'd prob give it to you......anything beyond that, I'm giving the hospitals meds. Most docs (who know nothing about snakes and snakebites) would very likely would not. The zoo had protocols pre-established with the receiving ED for them to bring the species appropriate anti venom if there was a bite. But again, CroFab is cheap when compared to some crazy Asian elapid or something like that. And the CroFab will cost (last I checked) around $2500 per 2 vials (don't quote me on this one)....and, figure for a moderate envenomation around 12-18 vials....not cheap.
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12-14-12, 12:20 PM
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Re: Close Call with a King Cobra
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Originally Posted by MDT
If you brought me SEALED, UNOPENED, NOT-OUT-OF-DATE, BRAND NAME CroFab, I'd prob give it to you......anything beyond that, I'm giving the hospitals meds. . Most docs (who know nothing about snakes and snakebites) would very likely would not. .
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That's what I figured. How many people want to risk their license/career by trusting something someone just brings in with them.
So tell me, why should I be purchasing CroFab beforehand again? Medical insurance wont pay for it beforehand, but it will after. If I were to spend thousands on it it would probablly expire before being needed, and if it was needed probablly wouldn't be useful....
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12-14-12, 01:45 PM
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Re: Close Call with a King Cobra
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Originally Posted by RandyRhoads
If I were to spend thousands on it it would probablly expire before being needed, and if it was needed probablly wouldn't be useful....
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RR....you're right on this one. Most of the anti venom does expire (thankfully) because bites are rare. this is a huge cost to many zoos. it would be interesting to have frank jump in here to address how his zoo handled anti venom and its cost. i can only speak about our local zoo and it is fairly small compared to larger cities.
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12-14-12, 02:24 PM
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Re: Close Call with a King Cobra
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Originally Posted by RandyRhoads
That's what I figured. How many people want to risk their license/career by trusting something someone just brings in with them.
So tell me, why should I be purchasing CroFab beforehand again? Medical insurance wont pay for it beforehand, but it will after. If I were to spend thousands on it it would probablly expire before being needed, and if it was needed probablly wouldn't be useful....
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Randy, as Kim said we're all going to have to agree to disagree once again. That's the usual on how Kim and I debate these and I think in a few weeks I'll ask her for another round
As stated though, if you DID buy it, and it was as MDT described it then it would be used.
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