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When it comes to an emergency, not just in agriculture but in general, having the right training and knowledge for a quick first-aid response can save lives.
When the warmer seasons see a spike in temperature, it’s important to educate your workers as part of their health and safety practices.
Discuss what to do if anyone is bitten by a snake, where snake bites commonly occur and the importance of identifying deadly snakes.
The Royal Flying Doctors Service (RFDS) has estimated that there are around 3,000 snake bites in Australia every year. With recent figures recording 550 hospitalisations and two deaths due to snake bites each year.
According to both the RFDS and the Australian Snakebite Project, in attacks where the snake was positively identified, the brown snake was the most common biter (41%), followed by the tiger snake (17%) and red-bellied black snake (16%). Three-quarters of the people bitten by snakes are males aged in their 30s – a common demographic among Australian farmers.