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10 Episodes 2004 - 2004
Episode 1
Tue, Mar 30, 2004 60 mins
When a man's pet rattlesnake escapes, he receives a massive envenomization recapturing it, requiring a unique response as the snake's poison rapidly destroys tissue and muscle. Also: tracking rattlers in the desert.
Episode 2
Tue, Mar 30, 2004 60 mins
Dr. Bush trains to qualify for medical helicopter rescue missions, but first he depends on his old Mustang to get to the hospital, where a 50-year-old man with a heart condition has been bitten in the leg by a rattlesnake. Also: a man has an allergic reaction to a bee sting.
Episode 3
Tue, Apr 6, 2004 60 mins
Dr. Bush attends to a 70-year-old snakebite victim whose medical history includes diabetes and heart problems; a hiker whose hand, bitten by a rattlesnake, has puffed up and turned black. Also: a trip to Texas to treat the victim of a brown recluse spider; killer-bee attacks.
Episode 4
Tue, Apr 13, 2004 60 mins
A rescue team rushes to assist a man bitten by a Southern Pacific rattlesnake while he was moving his trash cans. Also: a man is bitten by a sidewinder while in the high desert.
Episode 5
Tue, Apr 20, 2004 60 mins
A man sustains a serious sidewinder bite; a rattlesnake bite turns a man's hand black. Also: in Texas, a woman is bitten by a brown recluse spider, and the venom begins dissolving her tissue.
Episode 6
Tue, May 4, 2004 60 mins
Snakebite victims include a woman who was snagged by a dead rattler; and a man who was clearing brush. Also: a dog is bitten by a rattlesnake and must undergo anti-venom treatment at an animal hospital.
Episode 7
Tue, May 11, 2004 60 mins
A scorpion sting proves to be not as serious as first thought; a 12-year-old is bitten while putting on his shoe, and the anti-venom may prove fatal.
Episode 8
Tue, May 18, 2004 60 mins
Sean faces a patient who drinks rattlesnake venom; another begins to bleed uncontrollably after receiving anti-venom. Also: footage of rattlesnakes sparring for mating privileges.
Episode 9
Tue, May 25, 2004 60 mins
Labor Day brings traffic to the ER as rattlesnakes hatch and people are bitten by them, including a 7-year-old boy and a 6-year-old girl.
Episode 10
Sun, May 30, 2004 60 mins
A boy is bitten by a black-widow spider, requiring an infusion of antivenom. Also: a ground squirrel's natural immunity to rattlesnake venom.