A 65-year-old man presents with sudden-onset flashes and floaters in his right eye over two days, maintaining good vision and no pain, prompting assessment for vitreoretinal pathology.
A 65-year-old man presents with sudden-onset flashes and floaters in his right eye over two days, maintaining good vision and no pain, prompting assessment for vitreoretinal pathology.
It’s a busy Friday night in the ED and another facial injury presents following an alleged assault to the right eye.
This blog summarises the assessment and initial management of common ophthalmic emergency presentation such as Swollen Lids and Ocular Trauma.
25 questions. 25 minutes. Test yourself against your colleagues!
A 7-year-old presents with a red, painful eye following a playground trauma.
This session covers key points in common ocular trauma scenarios that the emergency physician may encounter.
This module covers key points in common ocular trauma scenarios that the emergency physician may encounter.
This session covers the assessment, treatment and management of patients presenting to the ED with primary blast injuries.
How to safely manage chemical eye injury to prevent complications.
An 80-year-old woman sustains a lid-laceration in an RTC. How should this be managed?
Nikki Abela and Liz Herrieven have treated themselves to the RCEM PEM Conference in Manchester on 21/3/2023 – World Down Syndrome Day. Put on your #LotsOfSocks for the day and have a read to see what they learned.
Chemical eye injury can be caused by acids or alkali. It is important to know how to manage them in the ED.
A 43-year-old female presents with blurred vision following a fall.
A woman presents with 10/10 eye pain. Consider what could be going on, rule out the red flags and address her urgent concerns!
Eye injuries are a worldwide cause of visual morbidity and account for approximately half of all ophthalmological attendances to Emergency Departments
This module covers the assessment and management of corneal injuries.