How To Treat A Snake Bite - Australian SnakeBite First Aid

Australia is home to the most venomous snakes on the planet, yet we average 1-3 deaths a year from snake bite. One of the major reasons for a survival rate over 99% is that our snakebite first aid is so successful.
So with the onset of spring, in this video we run through snakebite first aid and how to survive a venomous snake bite here in Australia

[@WickedWildlife]

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[@JaseC80]

I had an extremely fortunate escape recently. One night working in a rural western NSW town, I started feeling really nauseous and cramping. Then a fever started. Went home and fell asleep. Slept all the next day. Woke feeling much better. A day later my leg was really itchy and I noticed two or three bite locations. 1 on back of my calf and at least one possible two close together on inside of leg just above top of boot. Both had a massive bruise emanating outwards. Punctures marks were about 10mm apart. I literally had no idea, I don’t remember any pain or feeling of being bitten, and to be honest the initial symptoms I thought I was just getting sick with some bug. I look back now and realise, firstly I should’ve got medical help, and how damn lucky I was, that it was most likely dry bites.

[@florawillis1384]

Did not say what bit you??

[@Hipporider]

You bugger, ya scared the crap outta me with that snake strike video at the start! 😂🇦🇺👍

[@WickedWildlife]

😝😂

[@Hipporider]

@@WickedWildlife I actually jumped in my chair! 🤣

[@bazkeen]

Great video. Worth uploading it every 6 months so new people get to see it. I've said for years that this should be taught in schools along with CPR.

[@tamaradodge9481]

Thank you for this video, we aren't taught these important things during school unfortunately. I've shared on my Facebook profile to get the info out! Legend.

[@meganb4432]

Wearing a whistle on a lanyard when bush walking or out in a paddock is a great habit.... even if you have mobile phone reception, you never know when you'll find your battery is flat... that way you can lie still and call for help from quite a distance.

[@danishskiwarehouse]

Great info, Nick! If I could add one thing, it’s a good idea to take the snake bandage out of its cellophane wrapper before heading out because you don’t want to be fumbling around trying to get it out during a likely very stressful situation. Thanks, Nick!

[@WickedWildlife]

Thanks mate! I do normally say that whenever I used to sell snake bandages! I guess using the bandage I cart around every single day it totally slipped my mind 😂

[@danishskiwarehouse]

I’m pretty sure I got it from your earlier video on snake bite! (I see lots of tiger snakes on a trail run I do during spring so always take a bandage because of you.)

[@petesmith9472]

Marking the site is a good idea…overall an excellent video. When all you have at hand is a compression bandage.

[@juliandwyer9367]

Having trawled the Tube and the Net generally, this video seemed to be just about the best, in my view on the subject. Probably the only thing I'd suggest to add at step 2 is to make that emergency contact call if within range in order to reduce the time taken for help to arrive. Thanks so much for your contribution.

[@brandonsmith2220]

Very good information. I'd love to visit Australia someday and see the wildlife there

[@jenniferallen7259]

Great Information and video, Nick 😊

[@MattJonesISOHEALTHBJJ]

Absolutely brilliant. Best video I’ve ever seen on this. 👍🏼

[@andyirons7162]

short and to the point.....thanks mate....learnt heaps

[@TheMediacenterpc]

Thank you very much mate! Great video. Very informative ! 👍

[@BigMkombe]

Great video mate, thanks heaps

[@trickyjw]

Great video. Really informative. Thank you.

[@TheWildlifeBrothers]

Really well done Nick, even though this doesn’t apply to me directly I want to leave a comment to boost your engagement! Great tips, I agree that everyone in Australia should know this stuff. Awesome work! - Harrison and Evan

[@christopping5876]

Excellent!! Thank you.

[@JamesofQPR]

Good info......thanks!

[@Spacey7]

Awesome video Nick 🙂🐍 It would be worth the risk just to have such amazing reptiles out in the wild 🐍💕🐍

[@madog32]

Great Video!

[@shaylasmith3935]

Thank you!

[@thomaswhitelake]

Thanks for this. More really good content! What I'd like to see is a video about how ordinary people should respond to snakes when they encounter them in different situations. I taught my kids when they were little and I think most people are sensible but it's surprising how many encounters are happening along our creeks in Melbourne. Take care mate!

[@deancarlyle7431]

Great thank you

[@cassandrarose3630]

Very helpful for camping

[@Dingosimon]

A great reminder to me to come back to this video, as once again I have a beautiful silver grey brown snake in my bird aviaries. The poor birds went into their aggressive screaming mode, it always tells me a snake is here. Thanks Mr G'day G'day

[@steveanhiron6764]

Thankyou

[@kimconley4679]

Great information. I learned a few things that surprised me. I'm not familiar with any snake bite kits in the USA. I hope our snake keepers of Australian snakes species have these kites in their possession. Luckily, our venomous snakes aren't nearly as dangerous as what you have there.

[@mattmc9812]

Yes but your snakes have much larger fangs Australian snakes mostly have realitive short fangs

[@katesmiles4208]

Good item 👍

[@seankelleher4222]

Worth updating to talk about the better bandages available now. The ones shown weren’t designed originally for snake bites and aren’t the optimal pressure.

[@jamesduncan7261]

Would like to know the reason for applying the bandage at the bottom up and not from the top down.

[@budawang77]

I guess if you're out bushwalking in remote locations, you should also wear gaiters or at least long trousers.

[@carolynnunes3922]

Thank you, Nick! God bless you, your family and all of your critters! I pray for your channel to grow, and that demand for your ability to teach and share your knowledge with folks to increase!

[@carl8568]

I know it probably differs slightly from person to person, but how long do you generally have before serious complications arise (like unconsciousness) after an elapid evenomation?

[@ifyoucantjointhem]

Do you not call help before treating, get them on the road? DRSABCD - danger, response, send for help... 🤔

[@christopherhansford6876]

Hey Nick. Should you avoid laying the snake bite victim down at all? Does the venom travel more slowly, say if bitten on the leg, if standing up?

[@MyLittleFarmhouse]

Would be helpful information to know if he bothers to answers question

[@charmlarritt2677]

You always want to have the bite site below the heart. If on the hand or arm, keep the arm down against your side. If on the leg, keep the patient sitting down. When standing, you're still using muscles to remain upright which can increase venom spread, whereas sitting down greatly reduces this. Do not lay the patient down, as we are trying to utilise gravity to avoid the spread of the venom, and laying down negates that.

[@user-ih4zy4rc1q]

U neglected to WASH off bite area.then apply pressure bandage!

[@WickedWildlife]

You should never wash off the bite site, in some situations the drs can identify what specific type of antivenom you need based on a swab of the bite site Although most hospitals would now use a polyvalent/universal antivenom washing provides minimal benifits and reduces medical options

[@MyLittleFarmhouse]

Can you answer the questions that people have asked in the comments 🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[@WickedWildlife]

I do my best to awnser as many as I can, but this isn’t a popular video and I have over 100 comments and questions every day

[@leeannelincoln3389]

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[@florawillis1384]

Thanks for info. No reason to be holding poisonous snake while giving info! Not a toy!!

[@WickedWildlife]

It’s certainly not a toy, but I own these snakes and work with them for a living, and it’s a simple fact that but including the snake in the video more people are willing to watch and thus learn something that might save their own lives one day

[@arkmobilepxvyt247]

First

[@theviolator2.030]

That’s a rubber snake. This isn’t real.

[@WickedWildlife]

Hahaha yeah ok 😂

[@jacintaedwards1123]

Third most toxicly venomous snake on earth behind the Beaked Sea snake then the Fierce snake. Eastern Brown is number 3 although the Coastal Taipan and Mulga snake delivers a greater volume of venom.

[@WickedWildlife]

No Jacinta, and please stop trolling incorrect information on my page, I’ve explained a dozen times why your wrong