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(MIAMI, October 2, 2013) –Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department’s (MDFR) Venom Response Team saved the life of an Everglades National Park Ranger on Saturday, September 28, 2013. Ranger Anthony Terry was bitten by an Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake while attempting to remove it from his home located in Everglades National Park. Once he arrived at the hospital MDFR’s Venom Unit was notified and Lieutenant Scott Mullin responded with lifesaving antivenin. The antivenin was administered within one hour of Ranger Terry being bitten. On Friday, October 4, 2013, at 10 a.m., MDFR will be hosting a press conference at Air Rescue South Station #24 located at 14150 S.W. 127 Street in Tamiami Airport. The Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake has the reputation of being the most dangerous venomous snake in North America. A dose of 100 mgs of its venom is lethal to humans within two hours. A single bite can inject up to 800 mgs of venom which causes tissue death and disables the bloods ability to clot causing the person to bleed to death. Ranger Terry was treated in the ICU at Homestead Baptist Hospital and made a full recovery. WHAT: Venom Save Press Event WHEN: Friday, October 4, 2013 at 10 a.m. WHERE: Air Rescue South Station #24
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9300 N.W. 41str Street Miami, Florida 33178
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