Southeast Georgia woman dies after being bitten by rattlesnake

From the article:

According to statistics from the University of Florida’s Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, ‘… fewer than one in 37,500 people are bitten by venomous snakes in the U.S. each year (7-8,000 bites per year), and only one in 50 million people will die from snakebite (5-6 fatalities per year)

This is good to know, I live in very rural SC and have seen a lot of snakes this year.

I bet it was the rattlesnake bite more than lack of anti venom that killed her. Yes, The snake killed her.

Maybe you'd feel safer if you moved your ass back up north.

"In most cases where a patient requires antivenom, there are probably very few situations where I wouldn’t give it,” Lopez said. “And if an allergic reaction is the main reason where someone’s being questioned, whether or not, I’ll treat the allergies, and give the antivenom.”

That's the Poison control doctors own comments after he says they only recommend anti venom about 25 % of the time. Now maybe they didn't because she had a heart attack (how long after she arrived ?) but it sounds bad, like we save money bad. Give the anti venom and treat the allergies.. Major lawsuit set up hereit sounds like.

RIP poor lady.

Born and raised in Ga/SC, have swam with snakes and canoed with alligators.

Lot of snakes this year in the south, if you lived here you'd know.