Rabies exposure

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⚠️ Check: Is the area safe for you to approach?

Soap and water 15 min. Hospital today for rabies shots. Finish all doses.

Step 1: Wash wound with soap and running water 15 minutes immediately
Step 2: Do not cover wound before washing
Step 3: Go to hospital same day for rabies vaccine and immunoglobulin
Step 4: Report animal to authorities if possible — do not kill unless necessary for testing
Step 5: Complete full vaccine course on schedule

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DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT ignore small scratches — they can transmit rabies.

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DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT start vaccine course then skip later doses.

All mammal bites in rabies-endemic areas need post-exposure prophylaxis assessment.

DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Wound category determines immunoglobulin plus vaccine schedule.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Once rabies symptoms begin, care is palliative — prevention is everything.

Know your limits: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Wash wound, get PEP at hospital. Rabies is 100% fatal once symptoms start — prevention only.

This helper does not contact emergency services. You must call yourself.

When you are safe, you can read more about this emergency.

This content is in Draft and has not been professionally reviewed. Use alongside calling emergency services.

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