{"id":26457,"date":"2022-06-24T11:20:58","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T16:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/?post_type=survivor-stories&#038;p=26457"},"modified":"2022-06-24T11:21:20","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T16:21:20","slug":"nelson-australia-resqlink-400","status":"publish","type":"survivor-stories","link":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/survivor-stories\/nelson-australia-resqlink-400\/","title":{"rendered":"ResQLink 400 Saves Man from A Venomous Hike"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/benbambery4.mov\"><\/video><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I was hiking in the Lower Glenelg national park in remote south west Victoria (Australia) on a hot, sunny and snaky day. Dense forest borders the beautiful Glenelg river in this part of the state and I was thoroughly enjoying reconnecting with nature on a 2 day overnight trek. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p> After a brief period of bush bashing I stopped for lunch with 10 kilometres of track to walk until my car. I noticed some dirt on the back of my right calf while doing yoga and when I went to clean it I realised it was dried blood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> I tried to find the source of bleeding, cleaning the area thoroughly, and discovered a 1 mm x 1 mm puncture wound on my calf, oozing blood. I am a doctor by training and have treated several patients with snake bites before. I reasoned that the bite was either a leech or a snake. It was hot and I hadn&#8217;t seen a single leech the entire hike, and the wound also looked different to previous leech bites I have had while hiking. With this information, and given how many snakes are found in this part of Victoria, I decided I had to treat the wound as a snake bite. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I applied a compression bandage and activated my ResQLink PLB and waited for help to arrive. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Thankfully, I remained well and help arrived 3 hours later. I was transported to a local hospital to have blood tests and monitoring for potential envenomation. Blood tests revealed some muscle damage and a borderline clotting profile that improved over the course of 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/benbambery3-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/benbambery3-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30594\" width=\"460\" height=\"613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/benbambery3-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/benbambery3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/benbambery3-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/benbambery3-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/benbambery3-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/benbambery3-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Ben in the Ambulance<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I am grateful to have been able to be safe in such a potentially fatal situation. 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