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Saving a snakebite victim

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Bush SP. Snake envenomation, rattle. Updated July 24, 2008. http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/771455-overview. Accessed March 9, 2010.

CroFab Crotalidae Polyvalent Immune Fab (Ovine). www.fougera.com/products/crofab_digifab/crofab_productinfo.pdf. Accessed March 9, 2010.

Gold BS, Dart RC, Barish RA. Bites of venous snakes. N Engl J Med. 2002;347:347-356. http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/extract/347/5/347. Accessed February 24, 2010.

Hedding J. How to treat a rattlesnake bite. 2008. http://phoenix.about.com/cs/desert/ht/snakebite.htm. Accessed March 9, 2010.

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Timber rattlesnake fact sheet. www.dec.ny.gov/animals/7147.html. Accessed March 9, 2010.

Parrish HM. Incidence of treated snakebites in the United States. Public Health Rep. 1966;81(3):269-276.

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