A 55-year-old woman presents with acute left eye pain, blurred vision, redness, headache and halos around lights that started when she was watching TV in a dimly lit room.
A 55-year-old woman presents with acute left eye pain, blurred vision, redness, headache and halos around lights that started when she was watching TV in a dimly lit room.
When a simple trip makes you as blind as a bat.
Chemical eye injuries are time-critical emergencies. This blog outlines how to rapidly recognise and manage them in the ED, with practical tips on irrigation, pH monitoring, grading, and safe discharge.
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This blog summarises the assessment and initial management of common ophthalmic emergency presentation such as the acute red eye.
This session covers the initial assessment of eye and visual problems in the Emergency Department.
This module covers the initial assessment of eye and visual problems in the Emergency Department.
25 questions. 25 minutes. Test yourself against your colleagues!
A 7-year-old presents with a red, painful eye following a playground trauma.
While working in the minors area of a busy teaching hospital’s ED, a somewhat flustered junior doctor approaches you to confess her actions.
A 65-year-old presents with a painful rash extending to the tip of the nose.
Most external eye infections pose little risk to life or vision. Orbital cellulitis is the exception
This module will look at the assessment and management of infections affecting the external eye and the lacrimal apparatus.
A 72-year-old male presents with distressing peri-orbital pain after pupil dilation.
A three-day-old infant is brought to the Emergency Department with rapidly worsening symptoms.
A 28-year-old male presents with an acutely red eye and reduced visual acuity.
There’s more than meets the eye in this case of orbital cellulitis.
Management of the most common ophthalmic presentation: the acute red eye.
A 60-year-old woman presents with eye pain and visual disturbance. She vomits just as you call her in for assessment.
This session identifies the clinical features of the different types of conjunctivitis and describes appropriate investigation and management.