Inyoka

Unyango kunye nokuthintela

Izibungulu, izibilini, iintshontsho zomlilo - ezi zizinye zeentlobo eziqhelekileyo zokubetha abazali abahlala bexhalabele ngazo.

Kuthiwani ngenyoka?

Nangona inyoka ehlabayo ingeyikrakra, inenhlanhla ukuba inqabile ukuba umntu afe ngenxa yenyoka. Kulo-7,000 ukuya kwi-8,000 inyoka enamaqabunga enyoka ayenzeka ngonyaka, kuphela abantu abangaba-5 ukuya ku-15 abafa.

Kusenokwenzeka ukuba mhlawumbi ibenze abantwana ukuba batywe baze bafe ngeenyoka ezinobuthi.

Kufa kwabangu-39 babikelele kwi-American Association of Controls Centers ukusuka ngo-1983 ukuya ku-2008, kuphela ababini babengabantwana. Oku kubandakanya umntu oneminyaka engama-4 ubudala owafa emva kokuluma kwe-rattlesnake ngonyaka ka-1997 kunye nomntwana oneminyaka emi-2 ubudala owafa emva kokubetha nge-rattlesnake empuma ye-diamondback ngo-2000.

Mhlawumbi yeso sokuba i-snake ihlabayo ayikho into ephakamileyo kwiluhlu lwezinto abazali abakhathazeke ngayo. Okanye kuba mhlawumbi kuba abazali abaninzi abahlali bebona iinyoka ezininzi ngeenxa zabo.

Inyoka

Nangona inyoka ihlabayo kwaye ayicingi ukuba abantwana bakho basengozini, kusengumzekelo omuhle ukufunda ukuphepha nokuphatha inyoka xa kwenzeka umntu. Emva kwakho konke, awukwazi ukuba ungaphi na inyoka ephuma kwiindawo zayo zokuhlala emva kwemvula enzima okanye umkhukula kwaye iphelela okanye ikujikeleze ikhaya lakho.

Okanye abantwana bakho bangase bafumane inyoka xa behamba, bekampu, okanye badlala ngaphandle.

Ngaba uyazi ukuba ziphi iintlobo zeenyoka ezihlala kwindawo yakho? Uyazi ukuba yiyiphi inyoka enetyhefu?

Ukuthintelwa kweeNyoka zeNyoka

Ukukhusela inyoka, fundisa abantwana bakho ukuphepha izinyoka, kwaye uqaphele xa udlala okanye uhamba kwiindawo ezinemihlathi, kufuphi namanzi, okanye kwezinye iindawo zasendle.

Qinisekisa ukuba abantwana bakho bembatha iibhothi kunye nebhulukhwe ende kwaye bajonge apho bahamba khona kuba ezinye iinyoka zinobuhlungu zenzeke xa uhamba ngokukhawuleza okanye ungasondela kwenye yale nyoka.

Kwakhona, gweba utshani obude, kunye neengcambu zamagqabi, amatye, nemithi, apho iinyoka zingase zifihle khona.

Uncedo lokuQala lweNyoka

Ukuba umntwana wakho uyalunywa yinyoka, unokukulibala malunga neento zonke ozifundileyo malunga nokuphatha inyoka kwiTV nakumafilimu. Ngokomzekelo, awufuni ukusebenzisa i-tourniquet ukuze ulumke, ubeke iqhwa ekulumeni, okanye ubambe inyoka, kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo awufuni ukunqumla isilonda uze unyame inhlungu.

Ngoko ufanele uyenze ntoni?

Njengeminye imeko engxamisekileyo, xa ungekho ngokukhuselekileyo enyoka, kufuneka ufune unyango olusisiseko (ungalindelanga iimpawu), ngokuqhelekileyo ngokubiza 911. Ukuba ukhumbule, xelela umbala kunye nomlo weenyoka ( ukuthatha umfanekiso ukuba kunokwenzeka), onokubanceda ukuba banqwenele ukuba ngaba ngokwenene inyoka enetyhefu (i-rattlesnake, ityheadhead, i-cottonmouth / water moccasin, okanye i-coral nyoka, njl.).

Ukongeza, xa unyanga inyoka, inokukunceda:

Ukuba awuqinisekanga ukuba yayinyoka enetyhefu kwaye umntwana wakho akanakho iimpawu, ungabiza nokulawula utyhefu (1-800-222-1222) ukuze ufumane uncedo olungakumbi. Ukubiza ulawulo lweetyhefu kunokuncedisa ngakumbi ukuba uceba ukuthatha umntwana wakho kwisibhedlele ngenxa yokuba unokukwazi ukukukhokela kwisibhedlele esinalo i-antivenine efanelekileyo xa kuyimfuneko, okanye bangazama nokuqinisekisa ukuba isibhedlele phambi kokuba ufike khona.

Gcina ukhumbule ukuba nangona inyoka enesifo esinobuthi, umntwana wakho unokufuna i-booster tetanus, ukuze usenokubiza okanye ukumbona umntwana wakho.

Imithombo

Auerbach. I-Wilderness Medicine, ngomhla we-6.

CDC. Ulungelelwaniso lokuPhepha nokuPhendula. Indlela yokukhusela okanye ukuphendula kwi-Snake Bite. http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/snakebite.asp.

CDC. Izinyoka eziMdaka. http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/snakes/.