A dog bit me!

iwellbc | Coalition | Saturday, 30 May 2009

First, rinse, clean and apply antibiotic ointment to the wound. Then assess whether the bite is superficial or has actually punctured the skin. Most dog bites do not require medical treatment (many websites note that bites which deeply tear skin on the hands, feet or face, however, can be cause for antibiotic treatments to be prescribed. If you have questions, see your doctor or an emergency room physician). Although it’s very rare for infections to come about from properly treated dog bites, watch out for fever or painful swelling. Even if it’s a dog unknown to you who’s bitten you, doctors in Manhattan usually downplay worries about rabies shots, as rabies has been extremely rare in New York City in recent years. Most dogs are immunized, and even if they aren’t, there are very few animals regarded as rabies carriers from which they could have been exposed (squirrels and rats, for example, are low risks for rabies infection.) Ask your doctor if you are concerned, but rabies is not a common concern in New York City. Tetanus shots ARE often recommended for dog bites in Manhattan emergency rooms, if yours are not up-to-date and if the bite is a deep puncture.

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Community Meetings

iwellbc | Coalition | Sunday, 03 May 2009

Morningside BARC sponsors monthly No Dogs Allowed Nights to provide a regular forum for community discussion and conflict resolution. We’ve met at traveling locations in both Harlem and Morningside Heights, but in warm months we try to meet in the Morningside Dog Run (where of course dogs ARE allowed. They just can’t come for pizza, which we usually all go eat afterwards).

Guests at previous meetings have included:

* Deputy Majority Leader of the NY City Council, Bill Perkins
* The Manhattan managers of the CACC
* Community Board 9 Parks Chair, Carolyn Kent
* Parks District 10 Manager, Tricia Daniel
* Community Affairs and K9 Unit Officers of the NYPD
* And, regularly, our representative from Partnerships for Parks, Nicole Smith

The meetings are designed as open community discussions of anything that affects our daily lives, from conditions in Morningside Park to resolving conflicts within our run community.

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