Kicker: Leave the snakes behind

AUDIO: Snakes, why did it have to be snakes?

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: It’s one thing for Indiana Jones to face snakes in an ancient tomb, but in the hospital?

A doctor in Australia says please stop bringing snakes to the emergency department.

ADAM MICHAEL: We don't need to see the snake to know how to safely treat you.

Dr. Adam Michael told ABC Australia that some patients were bringing deadly snakes in with flimsy containers.

MICHAEL: And we're actually not trained to identify snakes. And so it's not helpful. It just puts the staff at risk, as well as yourself.

Turns out venom detection kits are enough to land a treatment plan these days.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: That’s good. Just saying a snake ‘looks like an angry rope’ isn’t much use.

BROWN: It’s The World and Everything in It.

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