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Aussies unprepared for nastier summer bites and stings

Over 3000 Australians are hospitalised annually after being bitten or stung by something venomous. (HANDOUT/AUSTRALIAN REPTILE PARK)

With summer almost here, it's been revealed many Australians are missing vital first aid knowledge about venomous bites and stings.

Vaccine provider CSL Seqirus commissioned a survey of more than 1000 adults, 670 of them parents: it showed almost one in three people had themselves or knew someone who had been bitten or stung by a venomous critter.

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