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Saving a snakebite victim

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Bush SP. Snake envenomation, rattle. Updated July 24, 2008. http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/771455-overview. Accessed March 9, 2010.

CroFab Crotalidae Polyvalent Immune Fab (Ovine). www.fougera.com/products/crofab_digifab/crofab_productinfo.pdf. Accessed March 9, 2010.

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New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Timber rattlesnake fact sheet. www.dec.ny.gov/animals/7147.html. Accessed March 9, 2010.

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