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What do you need to do when you step on a rusty nail?
You need to wash the affected area immediately with soap and water, then you need to make certain that your tetanus shot is current. If not you should cover the wound with a clean dry piece of gauze and seek medical attention for a tetanus booster shot to protect you.
You step on a nail it wasnt rusty do i need a tenasis shot?
Be no the safe side and have a tetanus shot.
Do the doctors need to give you medicine after stepping on a nail?
After stepping on a nail, it would be a good idea to clean the wound and to consider a tetanus booster if you have not had one within the last 10 years. You may need antibiotics depending on how dirty the nail might have been.
If you got a tetanus shot five years ago and stepped on a nail recently do you need another shot?
Nope... 10 years
Why do you need an anti tetanus injection when you cut ourselves on a rusted nail?
A nail becomes rusty by exposure to the weather. If it has been exposed to the weather, it has also been exposed to germs. These germs may include the very dangerous tetanus bacillus (clostridium tetani). So, to save you from a possibly fatal illness, you can get a tetanus vaccination.
You steped on a nail and had a tetanus shot in 2004 do you need another shot?
Stepping on a rusty nail or any other type of puncture wound could cause a tetanus infection, a bacterial disease that affects the nervous system and is often fatal. This is not the ONLY way to contract the disease but one should always get checked out after cutting or puncturing the skin with any kind of rusty object.
What should you do if You step on a rusty nail which punctures your skin If you haven't done so recently?
go straight to a doctors to get a tetnus shot!!
How much schooling doing you need to become a doctor?
if you are in college, you need about 8yrs in order to become one.
What can you do to avoide tetanus?
you need a jab
Does gallbladder surgery include tetanus shot?
No, you do not need a tetanus shot for gall bladder surgery.
What are some punishments that kids need?
no you:make them sit on the stairs for how old they are eg: 8yrs 8 minutes
Does tetanus require Ventilatory assistance devices?
Head trauma devices may need to be used because of tetanus
