Recommendations:
1) Wear thick rubber or leather boots, shoes that cover the ankle. Snakes will not be able to bite through thick shoes
2) Make vibrations. Stomp, rustle leaves. Therefore, the snake will try in every possible way to hide as soon as it detects direct or indirect signs of your presence nearby.
Snakes hear you poorly, they do not have an outer ear. But they perceive vibrations perfectly, so in 90% of cases they will find you first.
3) When maneuvering in rough terrain, check personal equipment such as tents and sleeping bags for hidden animals.
The procedure for a direct snake attack:
1) Contact a medical facility.
2) Provide the victim with peace. Minimum movements. This will reduce the speed of the poison spreading through the body. Calm the victim. Increased heart rate also increases the rate of spread of the poison.
3) Reduce the pressure of clothing and personal jewelry such as a "bracelet" on the bite site and the area around it. IMPORTANT! Never use a medical tourniquet! Tissue necrosis is possible.
4) Provide short-term (5 min) exposure to cold on the affected area to reduce swelling. Exposure to heat is PROHIBITED.
5) Give the victim an antihistamine (antiallergic) drug.
6) Provide plenty of clean water for oral administration (about 5 liters per day). IMPORTANT! Alcohol is strictly contraindicated.
Often, victims of a viper bite are advised to suck out the poison. This CANNOT be done, since there may be damage (wounds) on the lips and mucous membrane of the oral cavity, through which the poison will enter the body again, only closer to the head.
Identification of the enemy:
The viper has several clearly expressed distinctive features: the head is triangular in shape and clearly separated from the rest of the body. Identification of the enemy is the case when you NEED to look into the enemy's eyes. The pupils of vipers are vertical; the look is "angry" due to the special structure of the supraorbital shields.
There is a zigzag pattern on the back (it may or may not be there). The color of vipers can be completely different, but dark or gray tones predominate, if it is not an albino. Melanists (completely black individuals) can also be found.
The main distinguishing features of common grass snakes: the presence of bright spots on the head (from yellow to red-orange), however, their presence is not necessary.
The absence of a clear bridge separating the head and the rest of the body. The pupil is round.
