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The Hot Topic: Navigating the Heat Wave - Preventing and Treating Heat Stroke While Camping

The Hot Topic: Navigating the Heat Wave - Preve...

A child at a remote campsite can go from grumpy and slow to confused and unresponsive in under two hours. By midafternoon in arid Australia, the inside of a closed...

The Hot Topic: Navigating the Heat Wave - Preve...

A child at a remote campsite can go from grumpy and slow to confused and unresponsive in under two hours. By midafternoon in arid Australia, the inside of a closed...

Taming the Twists and Breaks: First Aid for Sprains and Fractures While Hiking

Taming the Twists and Breaks: First Aid for Spr...

Hiking injuries in Australia lean heavily toward the lower limb. A large share are either soft-tissue sprains or, less commonly, fractures. On a quiet trail, often out of phone range,...

Taming the Twists and Breaks: First Aid for Spr...

Hiking injuries in Australia lean heavily toward the lower limb. A large share are either soft-tissue sprains or, less commonly, fractures. On a quiet trail, often out of phone range,...

Beyond the Trail: Mastering Outdoor Safety for Unforgettable Hiking Adventures

Beyond the Trail: Mastering Outdoor Safety for ...

Twist an ankle three hours from the carpark and a familiar walk is suddenly a serious problem. A front rolls in faster than the forecast said. The phone sits in...

Beyond the Trail: Mastering Outdoor Safety for ...

Twist an ankle three hours from the carpark and a familiar walk is suddenly a serious problem. A front rolls in faster than the forecast said. The phone sits in...

Burns and Scalds: Australian First Aid That Actually Works

Burns and Scalds: Australian First Aid That Act...

Most Australians think burns and scalds are a summer problem. The data says otherwise. According to AIHW 2023-24 figures, burn hospitalisations peak in September (514 cases) and May (495), with...

Burns and Scalds: Australian First Aid That Act...

Most Australians think burns and scalds are a summer problem. The data says otherwise. According to AIHW 2023-24 figures, burn hospitalisations peak in September (514 cases) and May (495), with...

Take the sting out of getting bitten

Take the sting out of getting bitten

Australia has a serious cast of biting and stinging animals. Brown snakes, tiger snakes, redbacks, funnel-webs, paralysis ticks, box jellyfish on the tropical coast, blue-ringed octopuses in southern tidal pools....

Take the sting out of getting bitten

Australia has a serious cast of biting and stinging animals. Brown snakes, tiger snakes, redbacks, funnel-webs, paralysis ticks, box jellyfish on the tropical coast, blue-ringed octopuses in southern tidal pools....

Identifying workplace hazards

Identifying workplace hazards

Most Australian workplaces walk past three or four hazards a day without noticing, until one of them puts someone in the back of an ambulance or surfaces in a workers'...

Identifying workplace hazards

Most Australian workplaces walk past three or four hazards a day without noticing, until one of them puts someone in the back of an ambulance or surfaces in a workers'...