Could this woodland wasp sting death prevented?

[Billhook]

Only prevented by going into the woods with a bee keepers suit to wear if cutting or strimming in likely places. This is the most likely time of year.

I do not think that once an elderly man has been stung so many times on the head that there is a remedy once the shock has taken place.

 

There was an idiotic remedy piece in the Torygraph today saying that you should pull out the stings and then wash with soapy water!

I think that the journalist needs to do a little more research!

[Stubby]

Am I alone in thinking wasps are well good?

 

No you are not alone ....

[timbernut]

Lots of other wasps think wasps are well good but hornets are gooder 😲

[tree-fancier123]

Epi pen

 

interesting, thanks - adrenaline maybe would have saved him

[treequip]

In order for it to be effective any treatment would need to be administered promptly.

 

This would probably require prior knowledge of the condition and to have the medication on hand.

[Kveldssanger]

Now that's a nasty one...

[easy-lift guy]

If these wasp swarmed like the Africanized Honey Bee that we now have in nearly all southern states, no known antidote or Epi pen could have saved the individual.

At 82 unless an autopsy is performed the cause of death will never be determined, only speculated.

easy-lift guy

[GregM]

I once Cut straight through a wasp nest in an old rotten willow trunk. I didn't realize to start with as they were all attacking the revving engine, then customer ran over waving there arms about shouting, I switched the engine off and they all turned on me instead, I ran about half a mile down that road stripping off to my boxers and the buggers were still chasing me.

 

In total I got stung about 30 times all over, I swelled up like the Michelin man after an hour and was constricted round my throat so was actually quite serious. An anti histamine injection sorted me out though.

 

Leave your engine running, walk away slowly and let your chainsaw be there target.

[Billhook]

I was clearing some brash debris with the forklift and muck grab round the edge of a pond. It was a cabless old Manitou and the nettles were very tall and leaning into the machine as I drove forward.

 

I felt this slight "pricking" on my thighs but initially thought that it was the nettles.

when I looked down, to my horror there were about twenty wasps all with their backs arched trying to sting me through my jeans. The jeans luckily were thick enough so that just the tip of the sting was penetrating the jeans but not the flesh.

 

I jumped off, left the engine running and ran like hell across the field and felt two or three in my hair. After smacking my head several times I eventually found sanctuary in my car some distance away.

The amazing result......not one sting!!!

 

This rather vindicates the theory of leaving the engine running

 

Quarter of an hour later went back to the forklift and with no sign of any wasps I just turned off the engine and departed quickly.

Recovery of forklift took place the following morning suitably clothed!