So what do we do if we get bitten by something deadly,

So what do we do if we get bitten by something deadly, then?, I asked. He
blinked at me as if I were stupid. Well what do you think you do?, he said.
You die of course. That's what deadly means.
-- "Last Chance To See", Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine

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