A Queensland man fatally bitten by Australia’s most venomous snake was attending a faculty’s 100-year celebration along with his brother and daughter when tragedy struck.
The 65-year-old man was making an attempt to take away the snake, which was coiled round his good friend’s ankle, when he was bitten on the Koumala State School south of Mackay 6.30pm on Saturday.
Bystanders carried out CPR earlier than a defibrillator was utilized by paramedics, who then labored on the person with the arm wound for 30-40 minutes.
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The 65-year-old’s daughter and brother had been on the occasion, watching on in horror.
“Despite heroic efforts by the bystanders and the Queensland Ambulance Service, he was unfortunately unable to be revived and has passed away,” QAS appearing deputy commissioner Claire Bertenshaw mentioned.
Authorities consider it’s “likely” based mostly on the signs displayed and an obvious cardiac collapse, the person was bitten by a brown snake — one in every of Australia’s most dangerous snake species.
“Brown snake venom, for humans … it destroys your blood chemistry,” reptile knowledgeable Dr Christina Zdenek mentioned.
The other man, also in his 60s, was taken to Mackay Base Hospital in a stable condition.
Zdenek advised people treating snake bites to slow the patient’s blood move with agency compression across the space of the chew.
She mentioned sufferers must also stay as nonetheless as attainable to gradual blood circulation.
Annually, paramedics obtain about 300 calls to deal with snake bites, with 1 / 4 of these bites taking place in Queensland.
About two folks a yr die from a snake chew.
– With Sowaibah Hanifie
