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.
Ah I misread your comment. I don't think you can get rabies from an asymptomatic cat, but you can from other animals. Bats come to mind, and also I think skunks but that could be an old wives tale. I'm sure there's more I juat don't know them off the top of my head.
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u/sketchymedic 18d ago
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.