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About Australian Bites and Stings
Australia is home to many of the world’s most venomous creatures. Learn more about Australia’s venomous creatures and what to do if you are bitten or stung. Download the Australian bites & stings app and be prepared before you head out into Australia’s great outdoors!
The Australian bites & stings app is a must-have for families, travellers, outdoor
enthusiasts, teachers, emergency medicine professionals and anyone working
outdoors.
This app has been prepared especially for Australia by Seqirus – one of the world’s few manufacturers of antivenoms – with the expert assistance of the Australian Venom Research Unit (AVRU).
The app includes:
• A ‘Preparation and Planning’ checklist to equip you with the essentials before you venture out into Australia’s great outdoors.
• Instructions on what to do if you are bitten or stung.
• Emergency services call button.
• A guide to basic first aid, including the Pressure Immobilisation Technique method.
• State by state guide to venomous snake locations.
• Audio Resuscitation guide.
Download the free Australian bites & stings app today.
Please note: Information contained in this guide has been designed to provide
assistance for the general public on Australian venomous creatures. This guide
is specific to Australian fauna, and is based on local resuscitation and envenoming first aid management guidelines. The information provided is to be used as a reference
only and not intended as a substitute for professional first aid training and techniques.
Call 000 to seek urgent medical advice or assistance.
App author:
Alia Pooley, Seqirus Pty Ltd
Second edition reviewers:
Bill Nimorakiotakis, AVRU
David Crump, Seqirus Pty Ltd
Roshnee Randhawa, Seqirus Pty Ltd
First edition authors:
Rachel Jensen, CSL Limited
Bill Nimorakiotakis, AVRU
Maria Kouvelis, bioCSL
Tim Carroll, CSL Limited
Kenneth Winkel, AVRU
Andra McClure, bioCSL
First edition reviewers:
Assoc Prof Jim Tibballs, Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne
Dr David Porter, Life Saving Victoria
Dr Peter Fenner, James Cook University
Prof John Pearn, Royal Children's Hospital Brisbane
Assoc Prof Julian White, Women's and Childrens Hospital, Adelaide
Photos:
Peter Mirtschin, Venom Supplies
Ken Walker, Museum Victoria
Robert Raven, Queensland Museum
Peter Fenner, James Cook University
Lisa Gerschwin, Australian Marine Stinger Advisory Services
B. Livett, The University of Melbourne
Assoc Prof Julian White, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Adelaide
Second Edition © 2016 Seqirus Pty Ltd, 63 Poplar Rd, Parkville VIC 3052 Australia.
This guide is copyright. Apart from any fair dealings for the purposes of private study or use, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright Act, no part may be
reproduced by any process without written permission by Seqirus Pty Ltd.
Seqirus™ is a trademark of Seqirus UK Limited or its affiliates.
Date of preparation: January 2013. SEQAVAT10160017
The Australian bites & stings app is a must-have for families, travellers, outdoor
enthusiasts, teachers, emergency medicine professionals and anyone working
outdoors.
This app has been prepared especially for Australia by Seqirus – one of the world’s few manufacturers of antivenoms – with the expert assistance of the Australian Venom Research Unit (AVRU).
The app includes:
• A ‘Preparation and Planning’ checklist to equip you with the essentials before you venture out into Australia’s great outdoors.
• Instructions on what to do if you are bitten or stung.
• Emergency services call button.
• A guide to basic first aid, including the Pressure Immobilisation Technique method.
• State by state guide to venomous snake locations.
• Audio Resuscitation guide.
Download the free Australian bites & stings app today.
Please note: Information contained in this guide has been designed to provide
assistance for the general public on Australian venomous creatures. This guide
is specific to Australian fauna, and is based on local resuscitation and envenoming first aid management guidelines. The information provided is to be used as a reference
only and not intended as a substitute for professional first aid training and techniques.
Call 000 to seek urgent medical advice or assistance.
App author:
Alia Pooley, Seqirus Pty Ltd
Second edition reviewers:
Bill Nimorakiotakis, AVRU
David Crump, Seqirus Pty Ltd
Roshnee Randhawa, Seqirus Pty Ltd
First edition authors:
Rachel Jensen, CSL Limited
Bill Nimorakiotakis, AVRU
Maria Kouvelis, bioCSL
Tim Carroll, CSL Limited
Kenneth Winkel, AVRU
Andra McClure, bioCSL
First edition reviewers:
Assoc Prof Jim Tibballs, Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne
Dr David Porter, Life Saving Victoria
Dr Peter Fenner, James Cook University
Prof John Pearn, Royal Children's Hospital Brisbane
Assoc Prof Julian White, Women's and Childrens Hospital, Adelaide
Photos:
Peter Mirtschin, Venom Supplies
Ken Walker, Museum Victoria
Robert Raven, Queensland Museum
Peter Fenner, James Cook University
Lisa Gerschwin, Australian Marine Stinger Advisory Services
B. Livett, The University of Melbourne
Assoc Prof Julian White, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Adelaide
Second Edition © 2016 Seqirus Pty Ltd, 63 Poplar Rd, Parkville VIC 3052 Australia.
This guide is copyright. Apart from any fair dealings for the purposes of private study or use, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright Act, no part may be
reproduced by any process without written permission by Seqirus Pty Ltd.
Seqirus™ is a trademark of Seqirus UK Limited or its affiliates.
Date of preparation: January 2013. SEQAVAT10160017
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Version update Australian Bites and Stings was updated to version 2.0.2
Version update Australian Bites and Stings was updated to version 1.2.1
Version update Australian Bites and Stings was updated to version 1.0.10
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What are users saying about Australian Bites and Stings
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Really interesting, very useful
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Dreadful. I opened the app all was good then ended up on a page where I couldn't get back and mistakenly dialed 000. This badly needs some serious work
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Very useful
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Most is already common knowledge to Australians. The information itself is rather minimal, plus the app is rather glitchy and slow. Not really worth my time :/
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I know australia has 3000 different spiders but they should put more then 4 spiders in so you can show the parametrics the spider and get a more targeted treatment. The way i would do it is sort it by distinct visual charaistic eg colour, their legs are pairs. Otherwise its great, very good first aid advice and emergency number in it.
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This is definitely a must have app if you're planning to go Down Under. Know what to do if you got stung or bitten. Better safe than sorry!
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App is excellent but please change the error in DRSABCD as the C is for CPR not compression, it is misleading and confusing
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Will save your life or the life of others. Worthwhile downloading.
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Must have app
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Awesome app that describes in detail each venomous creature & how to provide first aid treatment. Definitely worth downloading.
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Fantastic
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Won't open on nexus 5
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Terrible, comes up with an unknown code error upon installment. Please fix!!!!!
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Don't work on Nexus 5
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Very useful. Looking forward to future updates.
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Doesn't work on HTC one. Can't review any of the areas of dangerous animals.
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Good info to have when out and about in the bush. Nice and straight forward layout. Easy to find the relevant info.
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What incredible information for our great land and ocean. Easy to navigate and can take the panic out of the moment. Had the white tail spider bite to deal with last week, needed this then. Snake season on us now. Great app thank you.
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Installed the app, but it stalls, crashes and becomes unresponsive. On the plies, it will call emergency services for yoi which is handy when you need animal info and call at the same time.
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Great idea however does not open properly on my phone
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Coming from nz this is a great app we love to go camping and have kids that love to find critters the morr information I can get is great.
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Helps to revisit the issue as we often forget the basics. Works as expected and it's free.
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Luckily there's nothing gnawing on me coz this app doesn't work!
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What an informative site. Helps you identify the nasties out there and what to do if bitten. Show your families. Show tourists. Get them to download this ap. It could save their lives.
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This app provides some useful information however it is difficult to navigate which make the information hard to access.
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Great idea but can't open any information on what to do if I get stung . Great idea but can't open any information on what to do if I get stung .
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Just downloaded this app, after watching the TODAY show this AM, as I'm going camping this weekend. Unfortunately, I'm not able to go beyond the title pages to get relevant info. Please fix asap, as it's a great idea. Mandy
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None of the buttons on the main menu work. Useless app.
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Good peace of mind
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The content will not stay open. Info jumps all over the place. No use at all on HTC DESIRE X despite being told HTC issues had been resolved. Would be better buying a book!
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Version 1.03 now working on my HTC one xl. The choice of white text on pale bacground colors combined with small font makes most screens nearly impossible to read. The screens can't be zoomed which would help somewhat with small fonts on phones. Otherwise info provided in app appears helpful..
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Not one you would look at everyyday but boy if you needed to it could be a life saver. Good work.
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Now works on my HTC One. Thanks. Great app. Should be in every phone in Australia.
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A good app. Works well on my Galaxy S3. I am impressed that it also works "off line" and in "flight mode". A bonus for remote trips where the network may not always be available.
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Most is already common knowledge to Australians. The information itself is rather minimal, plus the app is rather glitchy and slow. Not really worth my time :/
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Hi guys, thank you for your patience over the last couple of days. We have uploaded a new version which should fix any problems with the HTC phones, please check it out and let us know how you get on. cheers Dan
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A must have for the Australian outdoors.
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Good app
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Works well on my Asus Tablet, just slightly slow but only loads to main menu on my HTC One smartphone. Be great to get working on the phone as that tends to be the more mobile device. Great idea, 5 stars once working on all devices.
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Ok but limited detail. OTOH, if you are using it during an emergency then you want it brief and to the point.