An 11-year-old boy has tragically died from a snakebite in a death officials say could have been prevented. The incident happened in Australia.

The reptile bit the young boy. But his father thinking he had ingested some of the family’s alcohol sent him to bed to sleep it off. The tragedy happened in 2021, but a new Coroners Court of Queensland inquest document is shining light on what happened.

11-year-old Tristian James Frahm died after going to bed. He suffered “extensive internal bleeding due to brown snake envenomation.”

“Brown snake venom can cause a venom induced consumption coagulopathy (VICC) which can lead to profound anticoagulation meaning the blood cannot clot normally. Major haemorrhage is rare in snakebite, occurring only in 3% of brown snake envenomations,” the document n

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