I know Tetanus shot right! Cant remember the last time i had one! Fell through a roof when I was a kid tore me up, had stitches and a tetanus shot. Had a fish hook rip through the palm of my hand ten years ago and the nurse said I was fine on shots. Now I am wondering.
In the course of my life I've stepped on, had my hand pierced by (crawling under a deck) may have had a tetanus shot in my
Earlier years. Just wash it off.
A real man would just bite the nail off and chew it up to show any "critters" that might have gotten into his blood stream what he will do to them if they decide to hang around....should be enough to send em running scared.
For future reference:
Wash wound thoroughly with soap, antibacterial, if possible
Wash wound again.
Wash wound again. If you're not getting the idea, the point is that you will not clean all the crap out of that wound with standard cleaning techniques.
Band-aid with neosporin (or any triple antibiotic: for the curious, these contain bacitracin, polymixin, and neomycin)
Go to an urgent-care or other "doc in a box" if possible ASAP, preferably in hours, not days, ER if you must, but let them do their thing. They may want to clean it more. More cleaning is good. Make sure you tell them your tetanus history. If you've had one in the last five years, you're probably OK. If it's been more than five, expect to get one. If it's more than ten years, the last one you had is worthless to you. If you don't know, tell them that and roll up your sleeve.
The arm you get it in will be sore the next day. Use that arm to work the med in, and the soreness should go away more quickly.
Bolt cutter, cut it off at the skin and leave it in. Your body will have a new source of iron. If it is in deep, cut off the nail head and drive it through and pull it out the other side.
Geesh............That is what my survival book says.......
When you see your Doc just start talking about chainsaws, knives, clearing brush and swamps, hunting, guns and crazy GF's. You will get a tetnaus shot before anything else is done.