• Do not try to catch or handle a live/dead snake.
  • Do not move the bitten limb; do not run.
  • Do not apply a tourniquet (it can cause necrosis of the limb).
  • Do not attempt to cut/cauterize/suction the wound (such actions are almost useless as the venom quickly escapes into the bloodstream from the bite point).
  • Do not drink alcohol (alcoholic beverages accelerate the spread of poison through the body). - Do not use folk medicine remedies (swallowing peppers, applying ice, lotions/ ointments/ herbal pastes to the wound, etc.).
  • Do not use potassium permanganate.
  • Do not use electrotherapy.
  • Do not take the patient to folk healers.
  • Do not delay transportation to a medical facility.