Concern over possible rabies from dead raccoon found at home, Cedar Rapids IA
Medical EmergencyA caller worried that her daughter may have been exposed to rabies after bringing home a dead raccoon. Medical advice clarified that rabies is only spread through bites or contact with specific animal fluids. The daughter was advised to confirm if she had any bites or scratches. Transmission risk is considered very low since the raccoon was already dead.
Audio|Source: Linn County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Question for you.
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I have a caller who is concerned because her daughter found, I guess, a dead raccoon and brought it home.
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It wasn't run over anything.
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She just found it. And now she's concerned about rabies and if her daughter needs to go to the ER or is there a way, I guess, to know that?
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Rabies is only transmitted through bites or if there was some kind of absorption or ingestion of
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fluids from the animal's central nervous system, like spinal fluid,
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brain fluid, et cetera.
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So the likelihood there was any transmission is extremely low.
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I would tell her to ask her daughter if she was bitten at all or scratched at all, but if the animal was already deceased,
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I'm not sure how that transmission would have occurred.
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Perfect. Thank you. I will let her know.
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754 does he come? What?
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Can you put me out at near 16th Avenue Southwest, please?
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Okay.
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Your phone's anything?
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No.
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County 286 second service available
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10-4[1].
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County, Adamate if we are clear and available.
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754. 754. 7.54.
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754.
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Can I put this in Shelter Pro for you? Can you just give this mom a call? She's convinced that the saliva would have passed it to her daughter if her daughter had a cut, and she just wants to talk to someone that's not me, I guess, about it.
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10-4[1]. Go ahead and put it in Shelter Pro. I'll give her a call.
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Location mentioned:
Near 16th Ave SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404
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