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ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY CHART
Injury Preferred Agent Frequency Duration
Eye Wounds
Eye injury, burn, or abrasion Erythromycin q6hr Until the epithelium
ophthalmic ointment prn for heals. No systemic
OR symptomatic treatment required
Bacitracin relief
ophthalmic
ointment
Eye injury, penetrating Levofloxacin 750mg q24hr 7 days or until
IV/PO q6–12hr evaluated by an
PLUS ophthalmologist.
Vancomycin No topical agents
15–20mg/kg IV
Burns
Not indicated in the pre-hospital setting
Delayed Evacuation to Surgical Care
PO tolerable Moxifloxacin 400mg 1 × dose
PO Single-dose therapy
Not PO tolerable Ertapenem 1g 1 × dose
IV/IM
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