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Deadly Snake Bite - NC
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by tigers9 on May 28, 2008
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Deadly Snake Bite (05/28/08)
A McDowell County woman dies after complications from a snake bite.
47 year old Pam Summers was working in her yard on Reel Hollow Road last week, when a rattlesnake bit her in the leg.
She was treated with an anti-venom at the hospital, and released. But began feeling sick again on Sunday and went back to the hospital. She checked out a few hours later.. On Memorial Day, her neighbor and friend, Barbara Gregory came to check on her, and discovered Pam dead on the couch.
Experts at the WNC Nature Center say deaths from rattlesnake bites are extremely rare, but not impossible.
The medical examiner believes complications from the snake bite, caused her death.
A funeral service is scheduled for Friday morning at the Westmoreland Chapel.
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by agkistrodude on May 29, 2008
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I noticed how their "expert" stated that "snakes and reptiles are warm blooded creatures, and have just come out of hibernation." Probably just a camera nervousness mistake, but you'd think they'd correct it. Marty
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by pitbulllady on May 29, 2008
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Is that normal medical procedure to treat someone with antivenin, then release them the same day? Knowing that the antivenin itself carries risks, and that allergic reactions do not always manifest immediately, I have to wonder why they would send her home. If a bite was bad enough to warrant the use of antivenin in the first place, it would seem to be that it would be severe enough to at least hold the patient overnight for observation/monitoring. The article said she felt bad the following day and went back to the hospital, but was again sent home. I'm inclined to think that she had an underlying condition perhaps, that was aggravated by either the venom or the antivenin itself, and that the hospital should be looked into for negligence on their part. Something just doesn't seem right here.
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