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23.01.2022 Interesting read on Australian Snakes... DO NOT try to catch, kill or identify the snake!!! This is important. In hospital we NO LONGER NEED to know the type of... snake; it doesn’t change treatment. 5 years ago we would do a test on the bite, blood or urine to identify the snake so the correct anti venom can be used. BUT NOW... we don’t do this. Our new Antivenom neutralises the venoms of all the 5 listed snake genus, so it doesn’t matter what snake bit the patient. Read that again- one injection for all snakes! Polyvalent is our one shot wonder, stocked in all hospitals, so most hospitals no longer stock specific Antivenins. 3000 bites are reported annually. 300-500 hospitalisations 2-3 deaths annually. Average time to death is 12 hours. The urban myth that you are bitten in the yard and die before you can walk from your chook pen back to the house is a load of rubbish. While not new, the management of snake bite (like a flood/fire evacuation plan or CPR) should be refreshed each season. Let’s start with a Basic overview. There are five genus of snakes that will harm us (seriously) Browns, Blacks, Adders, Tigers and Taipans. All snake venom is made up of huge proteins (like egg white). When bitten, a snake injects some venom into the meat of your limb (NOT into your blood). This venom can not be absorbed into the blood stream from the bite site. It travels in a fluid transport system in your body called the lymphatic system (not the blood stream). Now this fluid (lymph) is moved differently to blood. Your heart pumps blood around, so even when you are lying dead still, your blood still circulates around the body. Lymph fluid is different. It moves around with physical muscle movement like bending your arm, bending knees, wriggling fingers and toes, walking/exercise etc. Now here is the thing. Lymph fluid becomes blood after these lymph vessels converge to form one of two large vessels (lymphatic trunks)which are connected to veins at the base of the neck. Back to the snake bite site. When bitten, the venom has been injected into this lymph fluid (which makes up the bulk of the water in your tissues). The only way that the venom can get into your blood stream is to be moved from the bite site in the lymphatic vessels. The only way to do this is to physically move the limbs that were bitten. Stay still!!! Venom can’t move if the victim doesn’t move. Stay still!! Remember people are not bitten into their blood stream. In the 1980s a technique called Pressure immobilisation bandaging was developed to further retard venom movement. It completely stops venom /lymph transport toward the blood stream. A firm roll bandage is applied directly over the bite site (don’t wash the area). Technique: Three steps: keep them still Step 1 Apply a bandage over the bite site, to an area about 10cm above and below the bite. Step 2: Then using another elastic roller bandage, apply a firm wrap from Fingers/toes all the way to the armpit/groin. The bandage needs to be firm, but not so tight that it causes fingers or toes to turn purple or white. About the tension of a sprain bandage. Step 3: Splint the limb so the patient can’t walk or bend the limb. Do nots: Do not cut, incise or suck the venom. Do not EVER use a tourniquet Don’t remove the shirt or pants - just bandage over the top of clothing. Remember movement (like wriggling out of a shirt or pants) causes venom movement. Australian snakes tend to have 3 main effects in differing degrees. Bleeding - internally and bruising. Muscles paralysed causing difficulty talking, moving & breathing. Pain In some snakes severe muscle pain in the limb, and days later the bite site can break down forming a nasty wound. Allergy to snakes is rarer than winning lotto twice. Final tips: not all bitten people are envenomated and only those starting to show symptoms above are given antivenom. Photograph by Angus Emmott
23.01.2022 Can you guess these snakes?
22.01.2022 If this is what your backyard looks like, it time for a clean up with snake season about to be in full swing with the hot weather coming. They will be on the move to look for food and to eventually mate.
14.01.2022 Let see how much love we can get for one of our best, who is spending christmas this year in hospital after a snakebite this arvo. Wishing them all the best and hope they have a quick recovery.
12.01.2022 SNAKES ARE ON THE MOVE Just wanted to warn people that during these weeks of extreme heat it is very imprortant to make sure your house is snake secure! Doors closed and sealed. Holes bogged up with expanding foam and silicon.... Areas with shade should be clear of pot plants, dog blankets ect that snakes can hide under and enjoy the cool of the concrete on their bellies. Snakes will be looking for somehwere cool and safe to hide which is why they end up in our houses, garrages and car ports or in gardens with dense bushes. They will also be active at night so if you go outside make sure your path is clearly visible and bring your fluffy friends inside where they are safe. Snakes often find themselves tangled up with our pups because they are going to our dogs water bowels for a drink or a soak. In the weeks to come baby snakes will start appearing and be very active. Curious to find their place in the world and unaware of the dangers it presents they will turn up all over the place. Make sure you are confident in snake bite first aid and teach you family, make sure everyone knows where the bandages are! Stay safe everyone.
10.01.2022 Just an Egret showing off its new pair of crocs Credit: ViralHog
09.01.2022 Hi everyone just a quick reminder snake season is starting and with this awesome weather we have been getting these guys and many more will be coming out to get some rays and food.
09.01.2022 Its all fun and games while the snakes mouth is sown shut, wont be so funny if the little fella tries the same thing with a snake that hasnt been butchered.
09.01.2022 Be prepared and make sure you are confident in treating snakebites! We have some of the deadliest snakes in the world right here in our backyards and the correct first aid can buy you hours! The team at GV reptile removals highly recomend these bandages and kits.
08.01.2022 Found this big fella running all over melb road out front of the trotting tracks. I have called the ranger, so hopefully he is microchipped or i can find the owner before hand. Feel free to share around.
05.01.2022 True facts about our venomous snakes. Wish we had the king cobra as well
02.01.2022 All too often i hear, "im worried about my kids safety," as an excuse for people killing snakes. However, they aren't competent in snakebite first aide, they don't know the very basics of our local snakes and don't do a yard clean up leading into snake season. Snakes are on the move and if you would like to better educate yourself on snakebite treatment or would like a yard inspection, then get in touch with the gv reptile removal team to see how we can help you.
01.01.2022 But I'm always told the only good snake is a dead snake?
01.01.2022 Snake season has kicked off! Are you prepared this season? Make sure you have ticked all these boxes so you are better ready! Have GV Reptile Removals do a yard inspection... Give the yard a good clean up, get rid of all that clutter Make sure your snakebite first aid kit is stocked Practice snakebite first aid with the family, make sure everyone is confident and competent Save the numbers of GV Reptile Removals in youe phone. If you need a new snake bite kit we recomend these great kits made by @survivalemergencysolutions Craig 0428300210 Tania 0409575164 Mark 0417109069
