| Age (median, range) |
35 |
16–78 |
| Sex (male) |
24 |
73% |
| Occupation (Farmer) |
22 |
67% |
| (manual laborer) |
5 |
15% |
| (security personnel) |
2 |
6% |
| (student) |
2 |
6% |
| (Other) |
2 |
6% |
| Bite time (night: 1900–0600 hrs) |
30 |
91% |
| Activity (Sleeping on the floor) |
22 |
67% |
| (Sleeping on the bed) |
3 |
9% |
| (household work) |
4 |
12% |
| (Other) |
4 |
12% |
| Place (home) |
25 |
76% |
| (hut in the farmland) |
4 |
12% |
| (Home garden) |
2 |
6% |
| (other) |
2 |
6% |
| Site of bite (lower limbs) |
12 |
36% |
| (upper limbs) |
12 |
36% |
| (Trunk) |
4 |
12% |
| (head) |
1 |
3% |
| (site uncertain) |
4 |
12% |
| Under influence of alcohol when snake bite took place |
4 |
12% |
| Distance from the place of bite to the nearest hospital (median, range; in km) |
6 |
1.5–20 |
| Mode of transport used to reach the nearest hospital (motorbike) |
17 |
52% |
| (Three wheeler) |
10 |
30% |
| (other) |
6 |
18% |
| Time since bite to reach nearest hospital (median, range; in hours) |
0.87 |
0.16–4.5 |
| Time since bite to reach the study hospital (median, range; in hours) |
3.3 |
1.5–7.0 |
| First aid and home remedies (washed the bite site) |
3 |
9% |
| (local application of lime juice) |
3 |
9% |
| (application of tourniquet proximal to the bite site) |
3 |
9% |
| (herbal decoctions) |
3 |
9% |
| Previous history of snakebites |
3 |
9% |
| Total length of the offending snake (median, range; in cm) |
90.6 |
32.2–122.2 |
| Sex of the offending snake (female) |
15 |
58% |
