In Australia, we have 9 out of the world's top 10 most venomous snakes. We have only ONE first-aid treatment for snake-bite for ALL snakes.
Strap the entire limb on which the bite has occurred, beginning at the bite. The strapping, usually a number of crepe bandages, must be firm, as if strapping a sprained ankle, but not extremely tight like a tourniquet. The reason is that the venom is transported in the lymph, NOT the blood. Strapping the entire limb virtually stops the flow of lymph within the limb, trapping the venom. The limb should then be splinted if possible to prevent movement.
The patient must then be transported to a hospital, but if the strapping was administered quickly, the patient is not at risk of death for several hours. Unlike Africa, no-one outside a medical precinct routinely carries anti-venom.
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