CPR was performed and he was taken to a local hospital in critical condition. Baker was at his home near Lewis Smith Lake when he was bitten by a copperhead snake and lost consciousness within 2 minutes.
Meridith was not able to receive antivenom due to her allergies, which doctors said would have put her life at risk. She was in a medically-induced coma for several weeks until her death on June 12. Meridith was bitten by a rattlesnake while in a friend's garden on May 17 when she went to sit down. Maine, for example, theoretically has only one species ( timber rattlesnake) it is rarely seen, and then only in the southern part of the state, and the species is likely extirpated in Maine, with the last sighting in 1901. Bites from venomous snakes are extremely rare in the states near the Canada–US border. States like Florida and Texas have a wide variety and large population of venomous snakes. Venomous snakes are distributed unevenly throughout the United States - the vast majority of snake bites occur in warm weather states. Rattlesnake bites, by comparison, are approximately four times as likely to result in a death or major effects as a copperhead bite. Though most fatal bites are attributed to rattlesnakes, the copperhead accounts for more snakebite incidents than any other venomous North American species. It has been estimated that 7,000–8,000 people per year receive venomous snake bites in the United States, and about five of those people die. At least one species of venomous snake is found in every state except Hawaii, Rhode Island, and Alaska. The United States has about 30 species of venomous snakes, which include 23 species of rattlesnakes, three species of coral snakes, two species of cottonmouth, and two species of copperhead.
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