Prevention aims to reduce these pull factors. Maintaining your garden, pruning vegetation and fighting rodents reduces the risks. Wearing protective clothing, such as boots, long pants, long sleeves, and gloves, is important because more than 90% of bites affect the arms or legs.

A dry bite occurs when a snake bites without injecting venom. Symptoms may include pain, redness, or swelling. Since it is impossible to confirm immediately, any bite should be considered potentially venomous.

Venomous bites can cause swelling, nausea, blurred vision, difficulty breathing, irregular pulse, abdominal pain, bleeding, or paralysis. Some bites appear benign, leaving only small bite marks, while severe symptoms appear later.

In the event of a bite, immobilize the person, call for help, apply a compression bandage, immobilize the limb and avoid washing the wound. Prompt medical care significantly improves the prognosis and can save lives.
Snakebites require calm and immediate intervention. In rural and agricultural areas, knowing first aid can save lives, especially during the hot months when snakes are more active.

In Australia, the Royal Flying Doctor Service records about 3,000 snakebites each year, resulting in nearly 550 hospitalizations and about two deaths. Data from the Australian Snakebite Project shows that brown snakes are responsible for about 41 percent of confirmed bites, tiger snakes for 17 percent, and red-bellied black snakes for 16 percent.

Most of the victims are men in their thirties, often working in agriculture or spending a lot of time outdoors. However, more than half of snakebites occur near homes rather than in the heart of the bush.

Snakes can be encountered in chance encounters with them, including gardening, walking around, or attempting to move them. Rural properties can attract snakes because of the waterholes and the presence of rodents, which are their prey.
Prevention aims to reduce these pull factors. Maintaining your garden, pruning vegetation and fighting rodents reduces the risks. Wearing protective clothing, such as boots, long pants, long sleeves, and gloves, is important because more than 90% of bites affect the arms or legs.

A dry bite occurs when a snake bites without injecting venom. Symptoms may include pain, redness, or swelling. Since it is impossible to confirm immediately, any bite should be considered potentially venomous.

Venomous bites can cause swelling, nausea, blurred vision, difficulty breathing, irregular pulse, abdominal pain, bleeding, or paralysis. Some bites appear benign, leaving only small bite marks, while severe symptoms appear later.

In the event of a bite, immobilize the person, call for help, apply a compression bandage, immobilize the limb and avoid washing the wound. Prompt medical care significantly improves the prognosis and can save lives.