1. Injuries, Part 1
Eye Injuries

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.
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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?

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7. Blow Out Fracture MOI: Direct Blow S/S: Rx: Referral Pain
Eyes do not track together
Sunken eye
Bulging eye
Rx: Referral

8. Foreign Bodies S/S: Rx: Itchy/pain Tearing/redness
See something on eye
Rx:
Eye wash or saline wash
Manipulating eyelids
Referral for object removal/antibiotics
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9. Subconjunctival Hemorrhage
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
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10. Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye)
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 MOI: blow to the head/eye S/S: Rx: Immediate referral
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: Rx: Blood within cornea/pupil Pain
“Red haze” or loss of vision
Rx:
Have victim lie down/rest
Activate EAP

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
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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.