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Marrakai
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Reged: 09/01/03
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Loc: Darwin, Top End of Australia

Re: Most poisonous snakes in Australia
21/02/23 10:53 AM

Gentlemen:
Please forgive this unashamed product endorsement, but I feel compelled to make this information known at every opportunity related to snake-bite in Australia.

Tacmed (and perhaps others) sell a snake-bite bandage that is similar in size and weight in the backpack to a 3-metre crepe bandage, but stretches to OVER TEN METRES when applying the correct pressure to restrict lymphatic flow. Only one such bandage is required to fully strap a limb.

Webpage is here.

As a long-time occasional survival instructor, it has always shocked me when course participants would hold up their single crepe bandage and say "Yep, I've got my snake-bite kit".

There speaks someone who has never been present when a venomous bite has occurred. It takes at least 3 such bandages to strap a leg (where most bites occur) and if a second person is bitten during the incident, 6 or more bandages are required.

The Aeroform bandage in the link has squares that change shape to indicate correct stretch, whereas the ones I have been carrying for years had a red/blue stripe that changed colour. No matter, these things are cheap insurance that really works rather than just hoping you never have to find out the hard way!

Again, I have no dog in the fight, and if this sounds like a plug for Tacmed then so be it, they were certainly easy to deal with on-line.

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Marrakai
When the bull drops, the bullshit stops!
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www.marrakai-adventure.com.au

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Most poisonous snakes in Australia	NitroX	14/02/23 10:44 PM
Re: Most poisonous snakes in Australia	NitroX	14/02/23 10:46 PM
Re: Most poisonous snakes in Australia	85lc	15/02/23 01:13 AM
Re: Most poisonous snakes in Australia	NitroX	15/02/23 01:59 AM
Re: Most poisonous snakes in Australia	NitroX	15/02/23 02:02 AM
Re: Most poisonous snakes in Australia	DarylS	15/02/23 04:55 AM
Re: Most poisonous snakes in Australia	Homer	20/02/23 06:11 PM
Re: Most poisonous snakes in Australia	Marrakai	21/02/23 12:14 AM
Re: Most poisonous snakes in Australia	93x64mm	21/02/23 07:05 AM
Re: Most poisonous snakes in Australia	Marrakai	21/02/23 10:53 AM
Re: Most poisonous snakes in Australia	DarylS	21/02/23 11:51 AM
Re: Most poisonous snakes in Australia	Rule303	21/02/23 07:15 PM
Re: Most poisonous snakes in Australia	NitroX	21/02/23 09:18 PM
Re: Most poisonous snakes in Australia	Homer	23/02/23 07:12 AM
Re: Most poisonous snakes in Australia	Marrakai	23/02/23 01:18 PM
Re: Most poisonous snakes in Australia	Homer	24/02/23 07:38 AM

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