Thousands of Australians require hospitalisation each year due to the lack of knowledge about first aid for venomous bites and stings. Vision courtesy: Australian Associated Press
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00:00 People say that we're pretty deadly on the court.
00:02 But not compared to a real Taipan or some of the other snakes and spiders found in Australia.
00:06 That's why if you get bitten or stung, it's important to know what to do ASAP.
00:09 And if I'm going bush, I need to be even more prepared.
00:13 I always pack my first aid kit and I always have my phone with the Australian Bison Sting Zap.
00:18 Because you can never be too prepared.
00:20 So my name's Oliver Kaye, 19 years old. I'm a mechanic.
00:24 I got bitten by a funnel web early February this year.
00:28 I just sleep in my bed and just woke up in pain.
00:31 My girlfriend Jasmine pulled back the sheets, saw a hairy spider at the time.
00:35 We didn't know it was a funnel web.
00:36 We head to the hospital and yeah, they quickly realised it was a funnel web bite.
00:39 So they started work.
00:40 They told me that I almost had a heart attack multiple times from the actual bite itself.
00:45 I took a video of the spider.
00:47 I didn't think anything of it.
00:49 I just thought first instinct, just take a photo of it.
00:52 And I'm glad I did because they used that to sort of make sure exactly it was a funnel web.