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Speaker 1: Now a man was rushed to hospital after being stung

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Speaker 1: by a box jellyfish around the neck on the weekend.

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Speaker 1: It happened at the Darwin Ski Club on Sunday morning

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Speaker 1: and paramedics treated that fifty six year old at the

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Speaker 1: scene before taking him to Royal Darwin Hospital in a

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Speaker 1: serious condition. And it does come after two other people

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Speaker 1: were stung while out fishing at Dundee Beach, with CareFlight

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Speaker 1: airlifting them to hospital. Now joining me on the line

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Speaker 1: to give us a little bit of advice, I guess

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Speaker 1: on what to do should something like this occur. Surf

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Speaker 1: Life Saving NTES Education and Training manager and also Volunteer

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Speaker 1: Search and Will and also controlling.

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Speaker 2: Volunteer search and rescue itties. Sam Edwards, good morning to you. Sam.

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Speaker 3: Good morning, Yeah, really good.

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Speaker 2: Thanks so much for your time this morning. Sam. It

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Speaker 2: is early in the season.

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Speaker 1: But we've already had three people stung by box jellyfish.

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Speaker 2: Is that unusual, look it is?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it is very in the early in the season.

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Speaker 3: You are correct. We are experiencing quite well weather at

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Speaker 3: the moment and we do find that the box jelly

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Speaker 3: fish are more active in this normal weather. So yeah,

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Speaker 3: even though it is early in the season. I think

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Speaker 3: this warm weather is contributing to what we're seeing with

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Speaker 3: people getting stung.

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Speaker 1: What's the advice to territories, because you know, even on

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Speaker 1: the weekend, I was out for a run and I

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Speaker 1: could see people like in the shallow kind of area

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Speaker 1: there at East Point, in the shallow waters. What's the

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Speaker 1: advice to people.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, look box jellyfish. The singer season officially starts in October,

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Speaker 3: so October to the May. We do recommend anybody that

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Speaker 3: is entering the water, even in the shallow water, to

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Speaker 3: cover up box jellyfish. Things occur in shallow water. They

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Speaker 3: actually hunt in the shallow water for small crustaceans and finish,

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Speaker 3: So it is really important even if you just in

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Speaker 3: antal deep water. But you do need to be careful

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Speaker 3: in the singer season. Absolutely.

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Speaker 1: What do people need to do if they do get stung?

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Speaker 3: Look, a flat vinegar is the first aid recommendation, So

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Speaker 3: doubting the area that is done with vinegar, removing any pentacles,

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Speaker 3: do so very cautiously, even loose box jellyfish tentacles can

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Speaker 3: still cause things. And then obviously calling triple zero or

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Speaker 3: getting an ambulance there as soon as possible. A box

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Speaker 3: jellyfish is a very venomous creature. It is considered one

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Speaker 3: of the more venomous creatures in the world. So if

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Speaker 3: people are stung, they do we do recommend them absolutely

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Speaker 3: getting someone And is there.

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Speaker 1: Different things like because for some people, I suppose they're

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Speaker 1: potentially going to need to be in the water at

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Speaker 1: different times, you know, maybe they're loading boats or watercraft.

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Speaker 1: Are there different things that they can do to try

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Speaker 1: to protect themselves.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, we can. So what we recommend is wearing

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Speaker 3: some type of protective clothing that's the same layer of

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Speaker 3: clothing can protect you from box jellyfish nomatosis, the fulling

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Speaker 3: cells and authentacles. So wearing things like footy socks if

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Speaker 3: you're if you're walking in the shallow water or launching

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Speaker 3: boats and boat rams. Yeah, if you've got full stinger

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Speaker 3: suits which you can purchase from or your local shops,

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Speaker 3: that we do recommend if you are entering the water.

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Speaker 3: We got a lot of people here's obviously a bit

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Speaker 3: of an attractive way to cool down and jump in

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Speaker 3: the ocean, but you do need to take those precautions

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Speaker 3: and cover up absolutely.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Do you guys see much of it?

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Speaker 1: Sam like, do you see people kind of jumping into

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Speaker 1: the water and think to yourselves, oh, my goodness, that

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Speaker 1: is not a smart thing to do.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, look, it is officially the thing of season. So

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Speaker 3: our life savers are out there. We do not encourage

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Speaker 3: people to get in the water unless they are wearing

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Speaker 3: full protection. A beach are still beautiful. You will find

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Speaker 3: a lot of people fill using them. But yeah, if

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Speaker 3: you are in the water, our recommendation absolutely cover up,

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Speaker 3: and yeah, make sure you've got vinegar on hands.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, well, mate, Sam, I really appreciate you having a

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Speaker 1: chat with us this morning. It is clearly something that

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Speaker 1: we do need to all make sure that we're educated about,

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Speaker 1: particularly you know, with another person in a serious condition

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Speaker 1: after the weekend sting. They're frightening those box jellyfish. I mean,

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Speaker 1: goodness me, if it's not.

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Speaker 2: Crocodiles, it's box jellyfish.

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Speaker 1: It's some interesting and territory waters, isn't it, mate?

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Speaker 3: It is, yes, but yeah, look we are territory tough

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Speaker 3: up here. So yeah, just a reminder for everyone. If

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Speaker 3: you are going to swim out of beach, cover up,

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Speaker 3: how are going to get with you? And yeah, b

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Speaker 3: take out there.

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Speaker 1: Really good advice Sam Edwards from Surf Life Saving into

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Speaker 1: the into education and training manager.

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Speaker 2: Thank you so much for your time this morning, not

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Speaker 2: at all, thank you, Katie, thank you