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Two paramedics in Kentucky may lose their licenses after administering antivenom to a man who was bitten by a poisonous snake

According to a Kentucky medical board, the first responders did not have the appropriate “wilderness” certification to administer the treatment

The man survived, and his wife credits the fast action of the EMS workers for saving his life

Two first responders in Kentucky could potentially lose their licences after saving a man’s life .

Powell County paramedic Eddie Barnes and one of his team members were called to the Kentucky Reptile Zoo in May after the zoo’s co-director, James Harrison, was bitten by a poisonous mamba snake, local news outlet LEX 18 reported.

Barnes told the outlet that he and his teammate went with Harrison to the airport t

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