It’s 4:00 AM. You’ve just managed to find a working ophthalmoscope and after wrestling with it and staring through the gloom, you spot the optic disc
It’s 4:00 AM. You’ve just managed to find a working ophthalmoscope and after wrestling with it and staring through the gloom, you spot the optic disc
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 patient presents with sudden, painful loss of vision. Can you diagnose the problem and provide emergency management?
A 58-year-old man presents to your Emergency Department with a headache and right sided vision loss.
How does POCUS help in evaluation of a patient with vision loss?
This blog summarises the assessment and initial management of common ophthalmic emergency presentation such as Sudden Vision Loss.
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 74-year-old male presents to the ED with a recent history of painless flashes and floaters in his right eye.
A 7-year-old presents with a red, painful eye following a playground trauma.
A 72-year-old male presents with distressing peri-orbital pain after pupil dilation.
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.
A 28-year-old male presents with an acutely red eye and reduced visual acuity.
Sudden visual loss is a presentation one should expect and be prepared to see, as an emergency physician.
Sudden visual loss is a presentation one should expect and be prepared to see, as an emergency physician.
A 70-year-old female presents with flashes, floaters, and a loss of vision in her right eye.
A 60-year-old woman presents with eye pain and visual disturbance. She vomits just as you call her in for assessment.
A 34-year-old woman presents with a worsening vision and pain on eye movement.