A person who tried to save lots of one other man from a snake that had coiled round his ankle has died after being bitten a number of occasions at a centenary occasion at a central Queensland faculty.
Paramedics responded to a name about 6.30pm on Saturday at Koumala, south of Mackay, with stories {that a} man in his 60s had been bitten a number of occasions.
Paramedics had been referred to as to the scene in Koumala about 6.30pm on Saturday.
An preliminary Queensland Ambulance Service report stated the sufferer was bitten on the chest and arm whereas attempting to uncoil the snake from the person’s ankle at Koumala State School’s centenary celebration. Later stories stated he was bitten on the arm.
He died on the scene, whereas the opposite man, additionally in his 60s, was taken to Mackay Base Hospital.
“Despite the best efforts of those on the scene, providing good CPR and the use of an automated external defibrillator, the man was declared deceased at the scene,” QAS stated.
QAS Acting Deputy Commissioner Dr Claire Bertenshaw stated bystanders carried out CPR instantly after the person collapsed.
“The reports are, he was with a friend. They were actually at a 100-year celebration for the school. The snake was around his friend’s leg and he was helping to remove that snake,” she stated.
It was unclear what kind of snake it was.
“It is really hard to say with any certainty what snake it was, and it’s very hard for us to actually identify snakes,” she stated.
