Originally Posted by
Fentonite
Yes, that's normal. There is no statistically significant benefit to using antibiotics for prophylaxis is a situation such as yours. While your laceration was impressive, and very nearly life-threatening, you were able to get to a hospital quickly and have the wound properly irrigated/cleaned, which is what you really needed. If you sustained this injury in the back-country, and could not get to definitive medical care quickly, then you would have been smart to start antibiotics, as discussed above. There are some injuries that I'll give prophylactic antibiotics to even if they get to my ER immediately (into a joint space, tendon sheath, through fascia, open fracture, bite wounds...), but not an injury like yours. How's it healing?
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