Adder Bites: How to Heal?

[linkfanpc]

And why not something realistic : Adder Bite + Leech = Leech Burn. Leeches sucking blood.... seems legit.

Venom would spread through your system fast i'm sure. How about an antidote? Fang of the adder that bit you + 2 dreams + idk like a nettle, drink and cures all bites from the same adder but gives some gnarly debuffs.

[MagicManICT]

Best thing to do in modern world is an immediate tourniquet and visit to a hospital. Best thing to do in ancient world... pray and hope you don't die.

that's "splitting the wound open and suck the poison out" is nonsense and has been debunked.

[linkfanpc]

Best thing to do in modern world is an immediate tourniquet and visit to a hospital. Best thing to do in ancient world... pray and hope you don't die.

Did ancient people ever use tourniquets? Also with the sheer danger that comes with using them i don't think they'd be viable, or even do much.

that's "splitting the wound open and suck the poison out" is nonsense and has been debunked.

Did anyone ever truly believe this crap? I always saw it as "Okay instead of letting the poison get in your arm suck it into your mouth with a good chance of poisoning from ingestion. Equal threat. Yay!"

[MagicManICT]

Did anyone ever truly believe this crap? I always saw it as "Okay instead of letting the poison get in your arm suck it into your mouth with a good chance of poisoning from ingestion. Equal threat. Yay!"

Suck and spit... the rescuer getting poisoned is one of the dangers of doing it, it bleeds out the victim and doesn't get enough of the poison out to matter, leaving them more vulnerable and a system weakened to the oncoming shock to the system. Yes, they believed it. It was in the Boy Scout and Red Cross first aid manuals for decades. More modern studies showed it didn't really help, and could cause more complications than it potentially helps.

Did ancient people ever use tourniquets? Also with the sheer danger that comes with using them i don't think they'd be viable, or even do much.

They're used in major surgery to decrease blood flow to limbs. They're used by first responders to staunch blood loss quickly so that other means can be used to help stop the bleeding via the bodies own clotting mechanics or even added clotting agents if necessary. In emergency situations, though, they're a last resort if no other means can stop blood loss--the risk for loss of life is so great that losing a limb would be preferable.

As far as ancient peoples... Limbs have been amputated for several thousand years now. Without a tourniquet during such a process, the patient is going to die. If any of the 5 major arteries are severed, such as would intentionally be done during an amputation, you'll bleed out in just a few minutes.

[BigCountry]

I am sorta hoping they patch in a can of gasoline and matches....much easier way to raid an ant hill....

[Ysh]

I am sorta hoping they patch in a can of gasoline and matches....much easier way to raid an ant hill....

Already half way there!

[kirion]

Not 100% sure if it actually help, but keeping your energy in the green (8000% or higher) seems to have a tendency to reduce wounds faster.

[shubla]

Eat coal.
Cut the limb out.

[loskierek]

Eat coal.
Cut the limb out.

ahhhh the homemade finnish remedies, good for anything

[linkfanpc]

Eat coal.

Oh yeah, i forgot about eating charcoal. When can we do that? Give us a nasty slow-healing wound equal in severity to the wound it healed.