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Speaker 1: Monday, of course, Mark's Territory Day, and Territorians are being

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Speaker 1: reminded to be careful when letting off fireworks on crack

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Speaker 1: Anit to avoid serious injuries to themselves and others. Now,

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Speaker 1: last year, twenty two people presented to Northern Territory hospitals

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Speaker 1: with firework related injuries. That was up from sixteen the

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Speaker 1: year prior. Joining me on the line with some tips

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Speaker 1: to stay safe is Royal Darwin Hospital Specialist emergency physician,

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Speaker 1: Doctor Rebecca Day. Good morning to you, doctor Day Mine Kerty,

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Speaker 1: thanks so much for your time. I would imagine that

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Speaker 1: you are an incredibly busy person, so I appreciate you

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Speaker 1: taking the time to have a quick chat with us.

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Speaker 2: What is no problem?

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Speaker 1: What is the number one message to people who are

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Speaker 1: planning to let off crackers on Territory Day.

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Speaker 2: It's all about Katy, just being really sensible and thinking

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Speaker 2: about what you're doing before you do it. You know,

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Speaker 2: people need to put on the appropriate clothings or cover

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Speaker 2: their eyes flammable closed and closed in shoes. They need

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Speaker 2: to keep a good distance and you know, like fireworks correctly,

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Speaker 2: and you know, if the firework doesn't go off, don't

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Speaker 2: go and poke your face in and have a look,

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Speaker 2: leave it alone, leave it for twenty minutes, and then

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Speaker 2: pour some water on it.

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Speaker 1: You know.

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Speaker 2: Additionally, don't think lots of beers before you're lighting fireworks,

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Speaker 2: you know, being intoxic cases and fireworks really don't make

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Speaker 2: And yeah, you know, keep your kids a safe distance

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Speaker 2: as well. It's very very important to do it so properly.

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Speaker 1: Now, tell me what are the most common injuries that

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Speaker 1: people have sustained in previous years.

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Speaker 2: Yes, there's lots of burns. You know, people get ocular burns,

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Speaker 2: burns to their eyes. You know, they get injuries to

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Speaker 2: their ear drums from the sort of loud bands, ruptured

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Speaker 2: air drums, burns to face, burns, to fingers, and we

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Speaker 2: have had you know, people even losing limbs as a

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Speaker 2: result of firework injuries.

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Speaker 1: Wow, I mean like those they are serious injuries, which

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Speaker 1: does go to show you why you do need to

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Speaker 1: really make sure that you're being careful.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely, And you know, if you do get a

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Speaker 2: burn from a firework, there's some really simple things that

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Speaker 2: you can do to minimize the impact. So it's all

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Speaker 2: about cool it, cover it and then call an ambulance

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Speaker 2: if it's serious or you know, the cooling is twenty

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Speaker 2: minutes cool running water. Don't skimp, do it properly. You

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Speaker 2: know it can be very uncomfortable, but twenty whole minutes

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Speaker 2: in pil water. Cover it up. Glad apps is a

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Speaker 2: good way to cover that open until you get to

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Speaker 2: medical help. And if there's the injury serious cultriple zero

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Speaker 2: or if it's not, call you met and get yourself

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Speaker 2: up to hospital.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, fair, call Hey what about the eyes? You know,

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Speaker 1: we see quite often I don't know how often, but

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Speaker 1: certainly I've heard over the years at different times when

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Speaker 1: reporting on territory day that sometimes the firework might not

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Speaker 1: go off, people then lean over to you know, to

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Speaker 1: re started or to have a look at it, and

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Speaker 1: it explodes sort of in their faces. I mean that

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Speaker 1: sounds like going to be a terrible injury.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean that that's some of the worst injuries

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Speaker 2: that we see. I mean, what you're going to remember

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Speaker 2: is if firework is an explosive, you know, it's it's

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Speaker 2: not some pretty little sparkly thing. It's it's an explosive.

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Speaker 2: And if you lean down and it explodes, your eyes

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Speaker 2: are going to take the grunt of that. Or please

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Speaker 2: do not go and have a look at your good firework,

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Speaker 2: colp your face down there and have firework explode and

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Speaker 2: damage your iron. It's really important.

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Speaker 1: Oh that'd be absolutely horrendous.

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Speaker 2: Now.

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Speaker 1: I know you touched on this a moment ago, Rebecca,

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Speaker 1: but you know, down in your beers or having drinks

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Speaker 1: and then letting off fireworks. I mean, mixing alcohol with

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Speaker 1: fireworks does not seem like a real safe thing to do.

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Speaker 2: No, not at all. You know, if you are the

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Speaker 2: person that's gonna going to sink your six pack on

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Speaker 2: the on the waterfront, just don't be the person in

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Speaker 2: the fireworks. You know, it's like having a dedicated saber bob.

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Speaker 2: You know you need that same person to be lighting

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Speaker 2: the fireworks for you. So suber people only you know,

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Speaker 2: lighting the touch paper, any.

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Speaker 1: Other little tips that you reckon, we should be aware

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Speaker 1: of before I let you go.

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Speaker 2: I think it really is just about people having a

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Speaker 2: good think about what they're doing before they leave to

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Speaker 2: light their fireworks. Come up with a set of rules

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Speaker 2: for yourself in your head based on what I've said today.

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Speaker 2: So put the right gear on, keep a good distance,

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Speaker 2: don't fiddle with the dogs, and just make sure you're

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Speaker 2: careful with alcohol and fireworks.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Well Royal down in Hospital specialist emergency physician, Doctor

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Speaker 1: Rebecca Day. I really appreciate your time this morning. I

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Speaker 1: am sure that you are incredibly busy, so thank you

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Speaker 1: for taking the time to have a chat with us.

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Speaker 2: It's not a problem, Katie, just everybody stays.

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Speaker 1: The good advice. Thank you. Thanks so much for bake

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