I get all kinds of nasties on my 1/4 acre home with canefields 2 streets over, a mangrove creek 400m down the road and the beach 1.2km away. I call wildlife service at least once a fortnight to relocate snakes.
Antivenom has a shelf life of three years and every 2 second year I have ordered replacements and sent what I have not used back to my uncle.
I've been bitten twice in my life time and locally 18 cases have happened in the last two years (I have used 3 redback and 1 tigersnake antivenom)
I know all the tricks to taking care of snake and spider bites. Now I am wondering if other people have these problems and if you are currently prepared (snake bite kit without antivenom) or have their own local problems and how they deal with it? The second question I have is what do you plan to do when supplies are low after z-day?
Pressure Immobilisation Technique
*edit* I figured I better share how...
The Australian Snake Bites article by "The University of Sydney 's" Discipline of Anaesthesia section, gives great information on Australian snakes, venom potency, what the procedures are, etc. It's worth a read.
But they don't stop there, they also give information in their "Australian Marine Envenomations" and their "Australian Spider and Insect Bites"
Everyone living in an area with venoumos snakes, insects, etc should carry at least a snake bite kit. There are a few different versions that you can compare but it seems to always be easier to build your own.
Boating, Camping & Fishing"
eBay - Solmed Pty Ltd
Wellington Surplus
First Aid Kits Australia (Which at the date of this post is having a decent sale for all those aussies out there)
As you can see they do vary but they all contain at least 2 x 10cm Heavy Crepe Bandages. The triangular bandage is to lessen movement and the rest is usually for comfortability.
At the bottom of the above picture you can see the note say "*A commercial snakebite suction device can be used; however it must be applied immediately after the bite to be effective"
Do not ever try to suck out venom orally. On a note about these suction devices a good review from snake handlers can be found at pet-snakes.com in an article called Useless tool: The snake bite kit
I own a double set but have never used it which was acquired from an online store much more expensive then the one located at
