Some pretty gory and impressive pictures of a guy’s arm status post (that means ‘after’) rattlesnake bite and multiple surgeries to debride (that means ‘clear out or remove’) dead tissue. Not for the feint of heart or vasovagal (that means ‘passes out or gets lightheaded in response to emotional or graphic stimuli’).
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Fascinating. And I’m vasovagal but only when it comes to IVs/blood draws. I could stare at these snakebite photos for hours.
80% range of motion after all that is a amazing to me. I find it amazing what medicine can do these days. I found the pictures fascinating but, do have friends that would have thrown up looking at something like that.
This “guy” was apprently a 13 year old kid out camping.. there’s a short story that accompanies these pictures on the site. Pretty amazing stuff!
Wow. An incredible story and incredible pictures. This kid is lucky to be alive. It looks like he had great care. Thanks for sharing this. Take home message: avoid rattlesnake bites at all costs.