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Venomous snake bites three-year-old Lucia Carna, prompting first-aid lesson warning
The mother of a three-year-old girl bitten by a venomous snake while playing at home is urging people to learn first-aid, which saved her daughter’s life.
Key points:
- Three-year-old Lucia Carna was bitten by a dugite while playing at home
- Doctors say the first-aid given to her by her grandmother was crucial
- Her mother is now encouraging every person to learn first-aid
Lucia Carna was playing ball with her brother and grandmother on Thursday last week when she was bitten by the venomous snake, believed to be a dugite.
Lucia had unknowingly stepped on the snake after it emerged from a garden bed in a courtyard at her grandmother’s unit complex in Mandurah.
Her grandmother Jill kept Lucia still and wrapped her legs tight with bandages until an…
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