Eye Injuries

1. Eye Injuries Injuries, Part 1

2. “Before & After” BELLWORK Using a piece of notebook paper, answer the following questions, leaving a line between each answer. Put the paper aside until the end of class. • What eye injuries can be caused by a direct blow? 2. What are some vision-threatening injuries? 3. What is pink eye? 4. How would you transport someone with a serious eye injury?

3. Objectives Differentiate between common eye injuries and their mechanisms, signs, symptoms and treatments. Property of CTE Joint Venture

4. 3 PART INTERVIEW • Find a partner. One person assumes the role of the interviewer and one is the interviewee. • The interviewer asks the assigned questions and notes the answers on paper. • Switch roles and repeat the process. • When time is called, be prepared to share the results of your interview with the class.

5. Questions • Have you ever suffered an eye injury or did someone you know have one? What was the injury? • What was the etiology/mechanism? • What was the pathology? 4. What was the treatment?

6. Black Eye • http://www.letsgowings.com/forums/topic/33496-hottest-female-athlete/page__st__20 Property of CTE Joint Venture

7. Blow Out Fracture • http://www.rad.washington.edu/academics/academic-sections/msk/teaching-materials/online-musculoskeletal-radiology-book/facial-and-mandibular-fractures • MOI: Direct Blow • S/S: • Pain • Eyes do not track together • Sunken eye • Bulging eye • Rx: Referral http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjxj-nZutzLAhUS4mMKHUgEAQ0QjB0IBg&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rogerkohnmd.com%2Fservices%2FtraumaPhotos.html&psig=AFQjCNF4joShej4T-bB0Tb0Y00nKaXiUBg&ust=1459016553513339

8. Foreign Bodies • S/S: • Itchy/pain • Tearing/redness • See something on eye • Rx: • Eye wash or saline wash • Manipulating eyelids • Referral for object removal/antibiotics Property of CTE Joint Venture

9. Subconjunctival Hemorrhage • http://www.graphicshunt.com/health/search/1/subconjunctival+hemorrhage.htm • MOI: • Blow to eye • Sneeze/cough • S/S: • Broken blood vessels in whites of eye(s) • Painless • Rx: Usually will clear up 7-10 days • If there are vision problems, refer Property of CTE Joint Venture

10. Conjunctivitis(Pink Eye) • http://www.graphicshunt.com/health/search/1/eye+orbit+fracture.htm • Viral infection of the membrane lining the eyelid • Spread by allergens, dirty hands or dirty contact lenses • S/S: • Itch/redness • Increased tearing/crusts form • Blurred vision • Photophobia • Rx: Refer for antibiotics/medication • Warm or cold compresses for pain • VERY CONTAGIOUS!!

11. Detached Retina • http://www.eyeinfo.org/resources_new/education/impair.html • MOI: blow to the head/eye • sneeze • S/S: • “specks” floating or flashes of light • “foggy” vision • may feel like a curtain falls over the visual field • Rx: Immediate referral

12. Hyphema • MOI: Direct blow • S/S: • Blood within cornea/pupil • Pain • “Red haze” or loss of vision • Rx: • Have victim lie down/rest • Activate EAP • http://www.graphicshunt.com/health/images/hyphema,medical,health-1712.htm

13. “What’s My Injury?” • With a partner, choose an injury from today’s lesson • Write a creative scenario about that injury including the etiology, pathology, and treatment for the injury • Be prepared to share with the class Property of CTE Joint Venture

14. “Before & After” BELLWORK Answer the following questions on the blank lines below your Bellwork answers to assess new learning. 1. What eye injuries can be caused by a direct blow? 2. What are some vision-threatening injuries? 3. What is pink eye? 4. How would you transport someone with a serious eye injury? Turn in for credit.