The most important thing to remember if you are ever bitten by a dog is to remain calm. The next most important thing is to understand that the incident was not your fault and that your dog was not “attacking” you, but rather protecting himself.
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The most common question we get about dog bites is “What should I do to treat a dog bite?”
This is a huge question and the answer is not simple. The answer depends on how bad the dog bite is, what kind of dog did it, how deep the bite was, how much venom was injected into the person or animal that was bitten, if the person or animal has other medical conditions that may complicate the healing process and many more variables.
For this reason, we have come up with our “Everything You Need to Know” blog series. Each post in this series will help you know exactly what to do for your specific situation. Each post will focus on a different element of treatment. This way you can find the information you need exactly when you need it.}
The dog bite statistic is pretty grim. The Center for Disease Control reports that a person is attacked by a dog every 60 seconds. Every day, an estimated 800,000 people are bitten by dogs and half of those require medical attention. This year, more than 1,000 people will likely die from dog bites.
The United States accounts for about 24 percent of the world’s dog population, yet we have around 65 percent of the world’s fatalities due to dog attacks. And it’s not just our big cities that are affected: in fact, rural areas are more at risk than urban ones because there are more dogs per capita in rural areas.
Treating a dog bite includes following certain steps to ensure the victim receives proper care as soon as possible and reducing their chances of contracting rabies or another serious infection. It’s important to take these steps as quickly as possible, so it’s best to know exactly what to do in case you or someone you love is attacked by a dog.
Dog bites, like other attacks, are all too common and they can lead to serious injuries that affect both the victim and the family. That’s why it is important to understand how to deal with them. You’ll want to know when it’s time to visit a doctor, how he or she should treat the injury, and what you can do at home.
To help you deal with this common problem, we’ve created a blog that explains everything you need to know about dog bites and how they should be handled. Our articles cover the following:
How to identify the bite
What type of injuries a dog bite can cause
What are some of the serious risks associated with dog bites
Where you should go for care after a dog bite
What treatments your doctor will recommend
What measures you can take at home to prevent further injury and infection
We hope that our blog will be useful for anyone who has been bitten by a dog or another animal. We’re also happy to answer any questions you have about our materials or about dog bites in general.
The dog’s mouth is teeming with bacteria and viruses. You don’t want those pathogens in your body. So you need to wash the bite area thoroughly and apply antibiotics to prevent infection.
But how can you tell where the bite came from? Is it possible that you were also bitten by the owner, or a cat, or some other animal? And how do you know whether to get stitches?
If a dog bite breaks the skin, here are the steps you should follow:
1. Clean the wound aggressively. Scrub it with soap and water for at least five minutes (if it’s on your hand, use a nailbrush to scrub under your nails), then rinse it with warm salt water and scrub it again. Wash your hands well with soap and warm water.
2. Get antibiotics if the wound is deep or dirty, if it has been open more than an hour, or if it is enlarging or getting redder. In that case, see a doctor immediately. Antibiotics are especially important if there was any contact with feces or fresh blood (after all, bacteria are what make poop and blood dangerous). If you have been bitten by a dog before, have had many dog bites, or were bitten by a very large dog, consider
Dog bites are a major public health concern in the United States, Canada, and many other countries. Each year, more than half a million people receive medical treatment for dog bites — about one person every 17 minutes. Of those, about 20 die. Children are at greatest risk of being bitten or killed by dogs. Dog bites also result in more than a million people visiting emergency departments each year, with indirect costs from time off work and caring for the injured totaling more than $1 billion, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Treatment should start immediately, even before you get to the hospital. Antibiotics and tetanus-diphtheria shots are important. So is rabies prevention if there’s no way to know whether the animal was vaccinated against rabies. But there’s another important step that isn’t as well known: washing the wound with soap and water right away can prevent infection.
As soon as possible after any bite, try to identify the animal that bit you. It may be obvious (for example, if your child was bitten while petting a dog), but it’s not always easy (for example, if you were bitten while walking past a house where someone has multiple dogs). If you don’t know what type
Dog bites are one of the most common injuries in the United States. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, dog bites are a bigger problem than previously thought. Many people don’t realize that animal bites are a serious public health problem, and most of the time, dog bites go unreported.
But dog bite injuries can be prevented through education. By learning more about dog bite prevention, you can keep your family safe and prevent a tragedy from happening to someone else.