You'll find very little support for snake bite kits any more in the medical community. I've used them both on myself and others in the past and anecdotally think they did some good; however, without a control group who can say for sure. Everyone does agree to keep the limb still at heart level, do NOT chill with ice, and to remove any jewelry. A growing trend is to wrap the bitten limb in a crepe or Ace wrap (not so tight as to impair circulation) - It is the recommended first aid in Australia; however our snake venom works in a very different way. We'll see where this treatment ends up.
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