In a review of more than a dozen research papers which investigated the effectiveness of a selection of snakebite suction devices, the verdict was clear : Snakebite Suction Devices Don’t Remove Venom: They Just Suck (Annals of Emergency Medicine, Volume 43, Issue 2 , February 2004, pp. 187-188, ) The paper concludes :
“The best first aid for snakebite is a cell phone and a helicopter.”
BONUS: The full paper
BONUS: The Ig Nobel Prize-winning study “Failure of Electric Shock Treatment for Rattlesnake Envenomation.” [Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 20, no. 6, June 1991, pp. 659-61.]