Medical Toxicology Fellowship

Rockies John Axford and his wife, Nicole, nearly lost their little man March 25, the day Jameson was bitten on his right foot by a rattlesnake while playing outside in the backyard of the house the family was renting in North Scottsdale, Ariz. The 2½-foot-long snake sunk its fangs into Jameson not once, but twice. The pain and consequences were extreme. Each year, 250 to 400 people suffer rattlesnakes bites in Arizona, according to Dr. F. Mazda Shirazi, the medical director of the Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center at the University of Arizona's College of Pharmacy. Although deaths from rattlesnake bites are rare, when a toddler is bitten twice, as Jameson was, the danger can escalate quickly. Read more.