Toddler almost killed by deadly eastern brown snake

A Queensland mum has issued an important message to parents after her three-year-old son was bitten by one of the world's most venomous snakes.

Valik Iddles is lucky to be alive after the encounter, where he was bitten multiple times by what doctors believe was an eastern brown snake.

The toddler was out picking fruit with his family near Emerald in central Queensland two weeks ago, when his mother Brogan said it was actually his sister who first stepped on the snake.

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"We couldn't see it, but we all kind of jumped back and I had my six-month-old in my arms at the time," Brogan told Today.

"I've turned, grabbed Valik as well and when we've all got to an area where it is safe, I picked him up and realised there was a bite mark and blood with the puncture wounds from the snake."

Thankfully Valik's grandmother Connie was there to secure a bandage over the bite and stabilise the wound, but Brogan knew she had to call triple zero immediately.

But by the time Valik got to Emerald Hospital, signs the poison was already in his blood started to show.

"He was frothing at the mouth and vomiting and my initial reaction was, 'Oh my gosh, I'm going to lose my little boy,'" she said.

"That's when I kind of went, 'What's going to happen? What's the outcome of this.'

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Connie's quick thinking, getting the compression bandage on, marking the bite location with a pen and warning Valik to be as still and quiet as possible, meant the poison hadn't spread too much through his body before doctors could administer an antivenom.

But Brogan said Valik's experience should come as a warning to other parents that the snake danger is real, particularly around this time of year.

"I think the main thing is have the bandage ready, they're no good up in the medicine cabinet, you need them at the back door, the front door, in your car, in case you need one quickly," she said.

"If you can't reach it quickly or if someone can't grab one for you, it's no good."

See what else Valik's family had to say in the video above