Eye trauma

Ophthalmologist Dr Rachael Niederer discusses dealing with eye trauma in general practice.

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How common is eye trauma?
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What questions to ask
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Patient examination
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Case 1 foreign body
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Case 2 penetrating injury
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Case 3 chemical splash
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Case 4 blunt trauma
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Case 5 corneal abrasion (contact lens)
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Patients who present much later
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Sympathetic ophthalmitis
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Take-home messages
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Take home messages

Trauma to the eye is really common.
Take a really good history and check vision properly.
Chemical burn: irrigate first ask questions later.
With severe trauma, complications can present years later.
Be very careful about red eye in the good eye if there has been severe trauma.

Presenter

Rachael Niederer

Senior Medical Ophthalmologist

Rachael is a senior medical opthalmologist at Greenlane Clinical Centre, the RANZCO College Representative for Auckland Ophthalmology trainees, and a senior lecturer at the University of Auckland.

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Take home messages

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Rachael Niederer

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