![]() Her parents, Josh Perry and Shelli Yoder, were already in bed that night when they got the call about what had happened to Oakley. She was then transferred to Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis for observation. Vincent Evansville hospital in Indiana, where she received four vials of antivenin. The helicopter flight transported Oakley 80 miles from a school parking lot just outside the forest to St. If you've had a medical-billing experience that you think we should investigate, you can share the bill and describe what happened here.įirst responders met them and recommended Oakley be taken by air ambulance to a hospital. They had to keep her as calm and motionless as possible - the venom could circulate more quickly if her heart raced from activity or fear. Her camp counselors suspected it was a copperhead and knew they needed to get her medical attention as soon as they could. ![]() "I thought that I could either get paralyzed or could actually die." As the group approached a mound of boulders blocking the path, Oakley, then 9, didn't see the lurking snake - until it bit a toe on her right foot. It was dusk as Oakley Yoder and the other summer camp kids hiked back to their tents at Illinois' Jackson Falls last July. Instead, seek immediate medical attention and keep the person who was bitten calm and still. ![]() The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention explicitly says applying a tourniquet is not recommended. Oakley Yoder walks with her parents, Josh Perry and Shelli Yoder, outside their home in Bloomington, Ind.Įditor's note: In the audio version of this story, we reported that a tourniquet was applied to the ankle of a 9-year-old after she was bitten by a venomous snake. ![]()
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