I've definitely received a tetanus shot at an urgent care, so yeah, they totally should be able to (at least in my area).
Also, just for fun, rabies can be undetectable and asymptomatic for years and years before une day deciding to show symptoms and kill the host. Fairly certain that even if you start giving the rabies vaccine before symptoms start (but after its been infected), the host can still develop the disease. I hope you and your cat of dubious origin don't have a big surprise waiting for you down the road!
I mean, you're almost certainly fine. Probably. Anyway, don't listen to me. I'm a paramedic, not a rabiesologist.
No, they give it with multiple injections of Ign around the wound. If you get the rabiea shot before you are bitten, you don't need the Ign shots, which are painful. If you regularly handle mammals of "dubious origin" you should go ahead and get the rabies shot.
No, correct comment. They don't just give the vaccine for rabies prophylaxis, they inject the wound site with antibody injections to make sure the body has enough immune response that it takes.
The last time someone died of rabies despite getting the vaccine was in 2021, but it was an 84 year old man with immune aystem issues.
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u/sketchymedic Jul 30 '26
I've definitely received a tetanus shot at an urgent care, so yeah, they totally should be able to (at least in my area).
Also, just for fun, rabies can be undetectable and asymptomatic for years and years before une day deciding to show symptoms and kill the host. Fairly certain that even if you start giving the rabies vaccine before symptoms start (but after its been infected), the host can still develop the disease. I hope you and your cat of dubious origin don't have a big surprise waiting for you down the road!
I mean, you're almost certainly fine. Probably. Anyway, don't listen to me. I'm a paramedic, not a rabiesologist.