Australian First Aid Blogs

Water Bead Warning: Make sure your kids play sp...

Silent & Deadly: Button Battery Safety Steps fo...

Is your home button battery safe? Christmas is coming and so are those new toys! Button batteries in everyday items send 200 Aussie kids to hospital each year. Tragically, some...

What to do if your baby chokes. First Aid and P...

A Mother's Nightmare: The Day My Toddler Choked It was a sunny afternoon, and I was busy hosting a backyard BBQ. My 18-month-old daughter was playing nearby, and I thought...

Tick bites and red meat anaphylaxis: What's the...

Learn about the connection between tick bites and the development of mammalian meat allergy (alpha-gal syndrome). Discover symptoms, diagnosis, and how to protect yourself.

How to Safely Remove a Tick

How to avoide getting a tick bite plus simple advice for removing ticks with out making things worse!

Why it is Important to Practice Snake Bite Firs...

Quick fact: In Australia, snake bite deaths are rare, but they happen. Survival usually depends on two things — how quickly you apply first aid, and how well you do...

Where on the Body Most Snake Bites Happen in Au...

Snake bites in Australia don’t always feel dramatic — in fact, many are painless at first. Most bites land on the hands, arms, feet, or ankles, the body parts closest...