First Aid for Animal Bites

Rabies is not only in dogs, it also occurs in cats, monkeys and other warm-blooded animals. If you can, you should immediately catch the animal that bit you to determine whether there is rabies or not. Not diseased animals will only bite if threatened or seduced. When the animal attacked compulsively (without interruption or threatened), there is a possibility that the animal had rabies. The spread of rabies in humans is long enough (10 days to a year). But for animals, more or less 2 days later the signs of the rabies will appear.

-dog bite, if bitten by a dog, danger of rabies is not immediately threatened, except if you get bitten in the neck or head. dog bites are usually more “cleaner” than other animals, scar is not so deep and easy to clean.

-cat bite, cat bite can carry serious consequences, danger of infection is much larger than dog bites. Cat bites are usually deep and can be up to the veins, or enter into joint cavity, especially in the hand. when exposed to that area, then the infection will be more powerful. clean and treat immediately. Do not move too much to recover quickly.

-rat bite, rat bites can cause several types of diseases, including a very high fever. Japanese people call it sodoku. Clean and treat immediately. Do not move too much to recover quickly.

-bat bites, bats can carry rabies.

First aid for bat bite:

If possible, catch the bat for observation for a week, whether the animal is rabies or not. Submit this problem to the experts. Something that you can do is wash the wound with antiseptic and cover with sterile gauze. Do not move too much to recover quickly.

-centipede bite, centipede is an animal with a thousand feet. Centipede bite left a pair of scars, will be swelling, pain, and redness around the wound. Feel burning, stiffness, and pain usually disappear within 4-5 hours.

First aid for centipede bite:

 

A : not poisonous snakebites (without fangs).

B : venomous snake with fangs at the back.

C : venomous snake with fangs at the front (example : Cobra, sea serpent).

D : venomous snake with fangs at the front slightly to the side (tree snakes).

If you can, catch the snake for identification.

First aid for snake bite :

Lay the patient and put the bitten part lower than the heart. Calm the patient, because if the patient panic, it will spread venom quickly. Use tourniquet. This tourniquet will prevent the poison spread throughout the body. With a sterile knife, make slices just above the bite. Cross slices, 0.5 cm depth and 1.5 cm length. Suck the toxins through these slices with mouth. Snake venom is not dangerous for healthy mouths (no wounds). Patients should not drink alcohol. Brought to the hospitals immediately to obtain anti-venom injections. After the poison sucked, loosen tourniquet every 15 minutes for 30 seconds.