Man bitten three times by adder left in serious but stable condition(UK).

[Blobbenstein]

A man has been left seriously ill after being bitten three times by a snake.

The 44-year-old was visiting Dalby forest, near Scarborough, North Yorkshire, when he was bitten by an adder that he had picked up.

An off-duty paramedic was able to give immediate assistance before a doctor-led rapid response and trauma team arrived at the scene, according to the Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS).

The man, from Doncaster, South Yorkshire, was stabilised before he was airlifted to the James Cook University hospital in Middlesbrough. The man is in a serious but stable condition, the GNAAS said.

The adder is Britain's only native venomous snake but its bite is rarely life-threatening.

Man bitten three times by adder left in serious but stable condition | Environment | The Guardian

 

[Clueless Git]

.. a five-year-old boy was bitten in the Trossachs ..

That must have really hurt!

 

[Second Summer]

He had *picked up* an adder? I suppose he somehow didn't notice the zig-sag warning pattern all over its back.

 

[Ann Chovie]

That must have really hurt!

Better than being shot in the bogside!!!

 

[Calliegirl]

He had *picked up* an adder? I suppose he somehow didn't notice the zig-sag warning pattern all over its back.

It's hard to feel sympathetic when that much stupidity is involved.