Derm Emergency treatments

Question 1

How to treat typical human, dog, cat, or pig bite

Answer 1

Oral Augmentin

Question 2

How to treat deep, extensive, or heavily contaminated mammal bite

Answer 2

IV Unasyn

Question 3

Antibiotic for rat bite fever?

Answer 3

Penicillin or doxycycline

Question 4

How to treat bat bite?

Answer 4

Rabies vaccination and rabies immunoglobulin

Question 5

What to treat with if biter is Hep B positive?

Answer 5

Hep B immunoglobulin on top of AB therapy

Question 6

What to do if biter had bloody saliva?

Answer 6

HIV prophylaxis on top of AB therapy

Question 7

Mild widow spider bite?

Answer 7

Oral analgesia and muscle relaxers + tetanus prophylaxis

Question 8

Moderate widow spider bite?

Answer 8

IV analgesia and muscle relaxers + antiemetic + tetanus prophylaxis

Question 9

Severe widow spider bite?

Answer 9

Antivenom

Question 10

Brown recluse spider bite?

Answer 10

Mostly supportive

Question 11

Cutaneous anthrax tx?

Answer 11

Ciprofloxacin or doxycycline unless pregnant, then clindamycin

Question 12

Tularemia tx?

Answer 12

Mild: doxycycline
Mod/severe: Streptomycin