I see by John Halbert in the Miles City Star that we seem to be in an active rattlesnake season. Seems the little buggers don’t like hot weather much more than the rest of us and it’s got them kinda on the prod. Well, it’s not like Miles City is a big tourist draw this time of year, but maybe if we could steer a few of those pilgrims out that way we could thin the ranks a bit for the rest of the state. Guess that’s why they have the Bucking Horse Sale earlier in the year before the locals fully wake up.
“Heat got you restless? Maybe a little cranky and irritable? The weather is likely having the same effect on nearby rattlesnakes.
So far this season, four people have been treated for prairie rattlesnake bites at Holy Rosary Healthcare, according to Chief Nursing Officer Trina Jellison.
The snake-bite patient flow was such that for a brief time, there was only enough antivenom on hand to get a patient started and then transferred, Jellison said.
“Now we’re right back where we should be,” she added. The hospital’s normal complement is 20 vials of antivenom, enough to treat one large adult or two medium-sized adults”
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