Animal Bites

Caring for a severe animal bite with heavy bleeding includes...

• washing the wound with soap and water

• applying a pressure bandage

• controlling bleeding and then seeking medical care

• Applying an antibiotic ointment and a sterile dressing

For a snakebite...

• Do not apply ice

• Do not cut the wound or apply suction

• Do not apply a tourniquet

• All are correct

Caring for minor bleeding from an animal bite includes...

• wash with soap and water

• call 911

• apply a tourniquet

• soak in warm water

Rabies is transmitted by

• Mosquitoes

• Animal bite

• Inhalation of droplets

• contaminated water

Any mammal can get rabies, including cats and dogs.

• true

• false

Where is the virus carried?

• saliva

• blood

• venom

• fingernails

If you develop rabies, and are not treated, what would happen?

• nothing

• death

• paralysis

• simple cold

Which is a cure to Rabies?

• Vaccine

• Soak in hot water

• Soak in cold water

• All of the above

What are the symptoms of late stage Rabies?

• Fever

• Aggression

• Foaming at the mouth

• Fear of light (photophobia)/fear of water (hydrophobia)