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Re: snake bite
Posted:
Fri 05 Oct, 2018 6:53 pm
by trekker76
I nearly trod on a red bellied black about 3 hours ago. Walking along, enjoying a break in the trees to look at the sky, looked down and the snake was exiting the path where I was about to tread. I think a lot of bites are avoided because the snakes are paying more attention than the hiker.
Re: snake bite
Posted:
Sat 06 Oct, 2018 6:28 pm
by Hughmac
Had a little nap after lunch in the Nattai recently, laying down with my head propped on one log and my feet on another. Woke up and started packing up, when I caught movement out of the corner of my eye. Looking up there was a brown snake gliding by about 3 metres away. Was a little disconcerting.
Re: snake bite
Posted:
Tue 09 Oct, 2018 8:58 am
by Overlandman
Re: snake bite
Posted:
Thu 11 Oct, 2018 3:17 pm
by Overlandman
Not a bite as such but scary just the same.
Be interested to hear how long the reptile is?
Regards OLM
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-11/s ... n/10364446
Re: snake bite
Posted:
Thu 11 Oct, 2018 5:27 pm
by ofuros
Cairns Post...2.7m scrub python...a very lucky escape.
Re: snake bite
Posted:
Sat 27 Oct, 2018 10:21 am
by Overlandman
Story from ABC about snake bite.
I have caught a couple of tigers & 4 copperheads so far this month
Regards OLM
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-27/ ... a/10428190
Re: snake bite
Posted:
Mon 12 Nov, 2018 4:12 pm
by Overlandman
From Vigilante News Facebook page.
Ambulance Tasmania are attending a Bagdad petrol station to treat a man who was bitten by a snake around 6.00pm Sunday 11th November
Nothing further to add from the Mercury newspaper.
Regards OLM
Re: snake bite
Posted:
Sun 25 Nov, 2018 12:08 pm
by Overlandman
From ABC
Farmer Luke Bartlett was walking through his property in Goulburn, NSW, about two weeks ago when he was bitten twice on the foot by a tiger snake, but the symptoms that set in affected him from head to toe.
https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2018-11- ... e/10551496
Re: snake bite
Posted:
Sun 25 Nov, 2018 5:23 pm
by rcaffin
Cairns Post...2.7m scrub python...a very lucky escape.
To the best of my knowledge, pythons are not venomous. Big maybe, but not that big...
Cheers
Re: snake bite
Posted:
Sun 25 Nov, 2018 6:41 pm
by ofuros
All i meant was, they're stronger than they look, all muscle...even in the smaller sizes.
Re: snake bite
Posted:
Tue 27 Nov, 2018 5:47 pm
by CraigVIC
Short article listing deaths caused by animals in Australia 08-17.
Sharks 26, snakes 23, dogs 22.
https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2018-11- ... s/10534786
Re: snake bite
Posted:
Wed 28 Nov, 2018 7:03 pm
by Overlandman
Re: snake bite
Posted:
Sun 30 Dec, 2018 9:25 pm
by Overlandman
From Vigilante news.
Ambulance Tasmania crew was deployed to Reedy Marsh yesterday afternoon in relation to a suspected snake bite on a young child.
(There has been no further information, I will edit if there is).
Regards OLM
Re: snake bite
Posted:
Sun 30 Dec, 2018 9:35 pm
by Overlandman
An article from the Advocate newspaper.
Brisbane snake risk
People in Queenslands capital are more likely to suffer a snakebite than their country cousins. According to figures released from Queensland ambulance Brisbaneites are more likely to be bitten than residents in the outback. A total of 156 people were bitten by venomous snakes across Brisbane region in the past 12 months to November 18 this year.
Outback regions such as the north west area had 11 cases and the south west just 4 cases.
Re: snake bite
Posted:
Mon 31 Dec, 2018 11:57 am
by Avatar
Age article discussing 2 snake bite fatalities and the debate over what constitutes sufficient Tiger snake antivenom dosage.
https://www.theage.com.au/healthcare/is ... 50ou8.html
Re: snake bite
Posted:
Sat 05 Jan, 2019 5:07 pm
by Overlandman
From Brisbane Times
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/politi ... 50pqz.htmlThree people have been bitten by snakes in Queensland in less than six hours overnight, with the state experiencing a surge in bites.
Two men in their 70s and a teenage girl were all taken to hospital in stable conditions for the bites, that occurred in the north and south of the state on Friday night.
Warmer weather and housing development in rural areas are likely contributors to the increase in bite victims, experts say.
Regards OLM
Re: snake bite
Posted:
Sun 06 Jan, 2019 10:13 am
by wildwanderer
Is a good discussion on snake bite first aid in a thread in the equipment forum. some of the common assumptions are being tested. Unfortunatly it seems the commond advice of apply a pressure bandage has several variables and treatment pathways. and not all reputable medical organisations agree on the best treatment.
Start from this post onwards (more discussion on next page of the thread.
viewtopic.php?f=58&t=28943#p365539
Re: snake bite
Posted:
Sun 06 Jan, 2019 2:48 pm
by Neo
This statistic should be included in the next shark-scare news report!
Re: snake bite
Posted:
Wed 23 Jan, 2019 5:47 pm
by Overlandman
From Vigilante news
Ambulance Tasmania are attending a property at Frankford Highway, Glengarry on reports of a snake bite victim.
No further information at this stage
Regards OLM
Re: snake bite
Posted:
Thu 31 Jan, 2019 3:53 pm
by Overlandman
From Vigilante news
Ambulance Tasmania are attending two patients with possible snake bites. One at Mornington and the other at Huonville.
Re: snake bite
Posted:
Mon 11 Feb, 2019 7:22 pm
by Overlandman
From Vigilante news
Ambulance Tasmania/Rescue Helicopter has been tasked to Hazards Beach, Freycenet with a suspected snake bite victim, a young male stepped onto the snake & was bitten on the foot.
Another helicopter medivac earlier in the day from Bruny Island was also a suspected snake bite.
Re: snake bite
Posted:
Tue 12 Feb, 2019 7:50 pm
by matagi
I stepped on a snake on the Three Capes Track week before last Only knew I'd done it because my husband told me. It slithered off into the bush apparently unharmed - small skinny brown thing, so I'm guessing white-lipped snake.
Re: snake bite
Posted:
Wed 20 Mar, 2019 3:03 pm
by Overlandman
Re: snake bite
Posted:
Fri 25 Oct, 2019 4:42 pm
by Overlandman
Lucky guy
Lying there was one of the biggest tiger snakes I have ever seen," he said.
"I grabbed it by the tail and as I was picking it up above my head, it swung up to bite me on the face.
"I moved back to miss the bite and it bit me under my shoulder blade in my armpit area."
https://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/64 ... r/?cs=9397
Re: snake bite
Posted:
Sat 26 Oct, 2019 5:24 pm
by north-north-west
Overlandman wrote:Lucky guy
Lying there was one of the biggest tiger snakes I have ever seen," he said.
"I grabbed it by the tail and as I was picking it up above my head, it swung up to bite me on the face.
"I moved back to miss the bite and it bit me under my shoulder blade in my armpit area."
Stupid guy.
Re: snake bite
Posted:
Sun 27 Oct, 2019 5:57 am
by ILUVSWTAS
north-north-west wrote:Overlandman wrote:Lucky guy
Lying there was one of the biggest tiger snakes I have ever seen," he said.
"I grabbed it by the tail and as I was picking it up above my head, it swung up to bite me on the face.
"I moved back to miss the bite and it bit me under my shoulder blade in my armpit area."
Stupid guy.
Hehe, yeh that was my first thought.
They do say 99% of snake bites come from people trying to kill or catch the snake. Funnily enough these victims are usually all wearing blue wife beaters and holding a can of VB
Re: snake bite
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Sun 27 Oct, 2019 10:15 am
by Lamont
ILUVSWTAS wrote:north-north-west wrote:Overlandman wrote:Lucky guy
Lying there was one of the biggest tiger snakes I have ever seen," he said.
"I grabbed it by the tail and as I was picking it up above my head, it swung up to bite me on the face.
"I moved back to miss the bite and it bit me under my shoulder blade in my armpit area."
Stupid guy.
Hehe, yeh that was my first thought.
They do say 99% of snake bites come from people trying to kill or catch the snake. Funnily enough these victims are usually all wearing blue wife beaters and holding a can of VB
Interesting, never seen clothing nor beer choice in the empirical data on snake bite or that either indicates lack of intelligence.
Let's please be careful out there.
Re: snake bite
Posted:
Sun 27 Oct, 2019 4:54 pm
by crollsurf
A timely reminder that Winter is over and to throw the snake bandage back in the first aid kit.
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Re: snake bite
Posted:
Sun 27 Oct, 2019 6:55 pm
by Neo
Watched a medium redbelly at Wingello, saw a squashed black around and a friend saw one twice down the coast at Kioloa.
Re: snake bite
Posted:
Thu 31 Oct, 2019 5:20 pm
by Overlandman
Sad, I wonder how far he walked to the Ranger for help
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-31/ ... t/11659802The 68-year-old man, who was travelling with a friend, was bitten by a western brown snake and died last Wednesday.