ACO
04-22-2008, 02:41 PM
Man bitten by coral snake walks into hospital
Halo Flight transports man from Beeville to Corpus Christi
staff reports
Originally published 08:37 a.m., April 21, 2008
Updated 08:37 a.m., April 21, 2008
BEEVILLE — A 24-year-old man walked into the Christus Spohn Hospital in Beeville around 10 p.m. Sunday night with a venomous coral snake bite.
The man was transported by Halo Flight to Christus Spohn Hospital Memorial about 11 p.m. in serious condition. No update on his condition was available Monday morning.
According to the Texas Department of State Health Services, about 7,000 people are bitten by venomous snakes in the U.S. each year and 1 out of 500 result in death. On average, 1 to 2 people in Texas die each year from venomous snake bites.
Coral snakes are one of two types of venomous snakes found in Texas, the other is pit vipers (copperhead, cottonmouth and rattlesnake). Coral snakes are Elapids, snakes that have short, permanently erect fangs located along each side of the upper jaw. They have red, yellow and black color bands on their body. The bite is generally very painful.
Halo Flight transports man from Beeville to Corpus Christi
staff reports
Originally published 08:37 a.m., April 21, 2008
Updated 08:37 a.m., April 21, 2008
BEEVILLE — A 24-year-old man walked into the Christus Spohn Hospital in Beeville around 10 p.m. Sunday night with a venomous coral snake bite.
The man was transported by Halo Flight to Christus Spohn Hospital Memorial about 11 p.m. in serious condition. No update on his condition was available Monday morning.
According to the Texas Department of State Health Services, about 7,000 people are bitten by venomous snakes in the U.S. each year and 1 out of 500 result in death. On average, 1 to 2 people in Texas die each year from venomous snake bites.
Coral snakes are one of two types of venomous snakes found in Texas, the other is pit vipers (copperhead, cottonmouth and rattlesnake). Coral snakes are Elapids, snakes that have short, permanently erect fangs located along each side of the upper jaw. They have red, yellow and black color bands on their body. The bite is generally very painful.