Eye Injury: cuts, penetrations, blows, chemical splashes, and irritants. Here are some good first aid tips.

Important Information about an Eye Injury.

• All eye injuries are potentially serious due to risk to the patient’s vision.
• Treat eye injuries that result in the form of trauma to the head or face as medical emergencies. Follow primary and secondary care procedures.
• Never apply pressure to the eye and be careful not to rub it.
• For children, encourage parents to take children with any eye soreness or irritation to see an eye specialist for treatment as soon as possible. Provide secondary care.
• Encourage patients to keep clam. Increased activity and blood pressure can cause important eye fluids to leak causing further harm to the eye.
• Do not touch or try to remove an object embedded in the eye. Do not touch anything that is sticking to the colored part of the eye. If some fluid is leaking from eye wound, position the patient so the fluid loss is at a minimum.

Patient Care – Cuts and Penetrations to Eye

1. Perform a primary assessment and monitor the patient using the Cycle of Care.
2. Cover the affected eye. If the object is small, use an eye patch or sterile dressing. If the object is large, cover the injured eye with a small cup taped in place. The point is to keep all pressure off the eye.
3. Consider covering both eyes to deter the patient from moving the injured eye. Have the patient keep both eyes closed until EMS arrived or professional treatment is possible.
4. Continue to monitor the patient using the Cycle of Care until EMS arrives

Patient Care – Blow to Eye

1. Perform a primary assessment and monitor the patient using the Cycle of Care
2. Apply cold compresses for 15 minutes.
3. For a child, if EMS is not called. encourage parents to have their child see an eye specialist as soon as possible.

Patient Care – Chemical Splashes in the Eye

1. Perform a primary assessment and monitor the patient using the Cycle of Care
2. Immediately flush the eye with water until EMS arrives or for a minimum of 15 minutes. Flush in a way not to put chemicals in the unaffected eye.
3. Open eye as wide as possible and ask the patient to roll to aid flushing.

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