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PROTECTIVE EYE CARE

PROTECTIVE EYE CARE. This eye injury resulted from a car battery explosion. Eye injuries from acid are usually not as serious as those from alkaline burns. Firs Aid – Irrigate with clean water. Injuries may be from acid and from the force of flying particles.

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PROTECTIVE EYE CARE

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  1. PROTECTIVE EYE CARE

  2. This eye injury resulted from a car battery explosion. Eye injuries from acid are usually not as serious as those from alkaline burns. Firs Aid – Irrigate with clean water. Injuries may be from acid and from the force of flying particles.

  3. Eye injured by metallic foreign body. Piece of metal in eye – many times from grinding or chipping metal without using safety goggles. Foreign body should be removed by medical doctor.

  4. Eye injured with carburetor cleaner.

  5. Eye injured when hit with a stick.

  6. Eye with rust ring resulting from metallic foreign body.

  7. Eye laceration. Should only need antibiotic ointment treatment.

  8. Lye burn. Alkali burns are one of the most serious of chemical burns. Immediate irrigation with clean water is recommended.

  9. Lye burn.

  10. Lye burn.

  11. Lime burn with some healing.

  12. Lime burn, healed with good vision.

  13. Refrigerant burn. Usually very serious injury. This will probably not respond to medical treatment.

  14. Lye mixed in water was thrown into this eye. Severe alkali burn resulted.

  15. Lye burn.

  16. This injury is keratinization developing from an acid burn. Not as severe as from an alkali burn. Immediate irrigation with clean water is very helpful.

  17. Corneal ulcer developed from an infection. Infection probably resulted from foreign organic material or organism such as in a farm environment. Antibiotic ointment treatment soon after injury probably would have prevented the ulcer.

  18. Corneal ulcer

  19. Foreign body in eye – spear grass seed head.

  20. Foreign body in eye

  21. Gunpowder burn

  22. Gunpowder burn – homemade fireworks made from gunpowder

  23. Leucoma burn from flame. Truck driver burned in truck fire.

  24. Close up of gunpowder explosion. Severe scaring-Sutures in place for skin graft to relieve some of the scarring.

  25. Leucoma burn from flame. Truck drive burned in truck fire.

  26. Pre-operative view of laceration of eyelid. Student working in school shop, bent over and hit a hook with eyelid.

  27. Severe lid laceration after repair.

  28. Wood foreign body penetrated. Small iris prolepses. Pupil not found.

  29. Penetrating injury from wire. Wire being unrolled by farmer, spring reaction by wire into eye. Safety precautions and/or protective eye ware will prevent this injury.

  30. Penetratinginjury fromwire. Very serious injury. Eyesight lost.

  31. Child shot in eye with arrow.

  32. Penetrating laceration by glass repaired. 20/20 vision.

  33. Metal foreign body resulting in traumatic cataract.

  34. Shotgun pellet penetration. Accident while bird-hunting.

  35. Ruptured eye Farm worker was changing a tire on a truck. Tire iron was thrown into eye. Eye had to be removed.

  36. Glaucoma secondary to being hit in eye by chinaberry from a slingshot

  37. Traumatic cataract and tear in eyelid from injury by air rifle pellet.

  38. Laceration of eyelid when man was hit by horn of a cow.

  39. Post operative lid repair of the laceration by the cow horn.

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