A mother from Perth was taken to the hospital in a hurry after a very poisonous snake bit her in her backyard.
An unknown serpent, perhaps a tiger snake, bit Tracey Alexander several times on the ankle while she was tending to her garden.
According to the 48-year-old, “I think it struck me then got me three times” as he turned to flee from the serpent.
A scrape on my ankle caught my eye.
Consequently, I felt compelled to check the area below and saw three bite marks.
Her loved ones hurried to her aid and dialed emergency services.
Her niece, who is seventeen years old, bandaged the leg, used a belt to create a tourniquet, and applied pressure to the wounds.
“She saved my life by wrapping the wounds very quickly,” Alexander claimed.
While praising the family’s rapid reaction, paramedics did point out a typical error.
“A lot of people get this misconception that the snake venom goes into the blood stream so they would use things like tourniquets,” said Rondel Dancer, a spokeswoman for St. John Ambulance WA.
The lymphatic system continues to move unimpeded by tourniquets, while blood flow is blocked.
