Hey Dave,
Wow, your sone is 5 already? Time flies (and work is still crazy - lurkers - before Dave moved to Ohio, we used to work for the same company, but in different departments)

Anyway, that spring water would have still been fine for a wash - cleaner than the wound

the Kerlix 4x4s are nice. Another good one is what they call abdominal wound pads, which look to be little more than a sterile Maxi-pad

In that stituation, I would NOT have put on any antibiotic, as the MD is just going to have to clean it out. Irrigate the wound, slap a 4x4 on it (BTW the J&J 4x4s are a lot thicker than the average 4x4) tape it down, or wrap it down (roll of gauze, then tape that, so you don't have to worry about hair), and transport