Overview
- This week’s episode showed the response after Jake Latimer reported a bite from a highly venomous banded sea krait at the Kele beach in Fiji.
- Producers briefly lost radio contact with the boat transporting him, and base‑camp medics received him with oxygen and IVs as staff urgently assessed his condition.
- Doctors determined the incident was a likely dry bite with no venom delivered, then moved him to a hospital in Lautoka and arranged air transport to Australia for observation.
- Jeff Probst and medical lead Dr. Barry McKenna explained that medical judgment is final on return-to-play calls and noted fairness concerns related to IVs and fluids.
- Production reassured the cast about water safety, saying sea krait bites to humans are exceedingly rare, and CBS later noted Jake is healthy and celebrated the birth of his son.