First Aid & Safety Procedures : How to Identify & Treat Black Widow Spider Bites
Posted on November 21, 2009
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A black widow spider bite starts as a red mark that swells, grows and sometimes turns a purplish black color. Identify and treat black widow spider bites withtips from a firefighter in this free first aid video. Expert: Joe Bruni Bio: Captain Joe Bruni has more than 30 years of experience as a street firefighter and company officer. He has also worked as department training officer in the Fire and Rescue Safety & Training Division. Filmmaker: Christopher Rokosz
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Hi Joe thanks for this great Video because I lived with these Little son of a Bitches all my life i mean there right out side my door and play Basketball near them and i didnt even no they were Black widows thanks for great advice Joe
Wow thanks, it feels a bit more safe now when i know what to do if i get bitten by those nastly little things
I think I saw this guy in a movie once. “Dude, Where’s My HIV Test?” He played the cop with the moustache.
thats nice and all, but what i want to know is what if you are your medical attention? anyone can say get to a hospital, but what if thats not an immediate option?
A Brown Recluse is worse.
guess a lot of places have these. i moved out here to Nevada and man they are everywhere. I never thought i would ever be freaked out if I thought something was crawlin on me till i moved to the desert woo- hoo
i just saw one out side and i am fucking scarde know dam
GO CAPTAIN JOE!!!
Loving that tash ol’ Joe. Thanks for the advice dude.
try getting bit by a black widow and compare the 2 , then you would be deleting your comment fast!
2 people I knew was bit by a brown recluse and a black widow. The black widow left a big red bump that was painful but the brown recluse put them in the hospital and went through alot of pain. But it can be the opposite for others. my uncle is terribly allergic to a black widow bite. I have never been bit by either so i don’t know how i would re-act. It just depends on the person I guess.
did you know the black widow spider’s bite is not as bad as a bite from… The WONDERING SPIDER. the wondering spiders bite is 2X worse that a black widows bite and can kill you in only 25 minets! this spider can be found in you local groshry store! it hides in bannanas and other frutes so be aware for the wondering spider!
you know what’s worse… the nuke spider… you never see ‘em coming cuz you are so already fucked before you see them… hahahahahahahahahahaha
What this bloke has said is very thorough but he is wrong at 1:20, it is not recommended to wash off the site of the bite because testing the residue left over can identify exactly what type of spider it was and what type of anti-venom is used.
All health care professionals know this (particularly emergency staff at hospitals), this guy obviously doesn’t know everything that he is talking about.
The black widow spider has a Nuerotoxic venom the pain i have heard from people being bitten by a black widow spider is that compared to having a red hot burning knife stab into the area affected multiple times. I hear the pain is unbearable. The Brown recluse causes severe Tissue damage and can cause Necrosis which is very dangerous not because of the spider or necrosis itself but because of risk of Infection which often infection leads to death. Both spiders are dangerous to humans.