Copperhead bite kills camper on Current River

[proud2BlibKansan]

A man from southeast Missouri who had been complaining of chest pain died of a heart attack one day after we was bitten by a copperhead snake while camping on the Current River, the Carter County coroner’s office confirmed today.

Terry Brown, 50, of Ellsinore, died Sunday in Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. The state Department of Conservation says his death is only the third on record in Missouri attributed to a venomous snake. The others were in 1933 and 1965.

Erik McSpadden, deputy coroner in Carter County, said Brown had been complaining of chest pains for several days before he was stricken. McSpadden said his office listed the cause of death as a heart attack, with the snake bite as a contributing factor.

"It definitely contributed to his death," McSpadden said. "It’s hard to know if it was the venom or the excitement he experienced from being bitten."


Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/copperhead-bite-kills-camper-on-current-river/article_ad3fafde-c504-11e1-933b-001a4bcf6878.html#ixzz2006s0pm9

[usregimechange]

1. Interesting.

[lastlib]

2. "the excitement from being bitten" almost certainly accelerated the process...

...If someone is bitten by a venomous snake, the most important step in treatment is to KEEP THEM CALM!!!