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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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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.
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.
Eye laceration. Should only need antibiotic ointment treatment.
Lye burn. Alkali burns are one of the most serious of chemical burns. Immediate irrigation with clean water is recommended.
Refrigerant burn. Usually very serious injury. This will probably not respond to medical treatment.
Lye mixed in water was thrown into this eye. Severe alkali burn resulted.
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.
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.
Close up of gunpowder explosion. Severe scaring-Sutures in place for skin graft to relieve some of the scarring.
Pre-operative view of laceration of eyelid. Student working in school shop, bent over and hit a hook with eyelid.
Wood foreign body penetrated. Small iris prolepses. Pupil not found.
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.
Penetratinginjury fromwire. Very serious injury. Eyesight lost.
Ruptured eye Farm worker was changing a tire on a truck. Tire iron was thrown into eye. Eye had to be removed.
Glaucoma secondary to being hit in eye by chinaberry from a slingshot
Traumatic cataract and tear in eyelid from injury by air rifle pellet.
Post operative lid repair of the laceration by the cow horn.