Overview

• Contestant Jake Latimer was bitten by a highly venomous sea krait in Fiji and was transported by boat to the show’s medical center at basecamp.
• Doctors diagnosed a dry bite with no venom delivered but did not clear Latimer to return, citing the physical and emotional toll and the need for further observation.
• Jeff Probst said radio contact with the transport boat was briefly lost, prompting medical staff to shout, “Is he breathing?!” as it reached the dock.
• Production showed inside-basecamp treatment led by Dr. Barry McKenna and later transferred Latimer to a hospital in Australia for additional monitoring.
• Probst told the cast that sea krait bites on humans are extraordinarily rare, reassured players about water safety, and the show reported Latimer recovered and made it home for his son’s birth.