Eye Injury
SIGN & SYMPTOMS
- Loss of blood or fluid from the eye
- Unusually profuse tears
- Impaired or loss of vision
- Pain
FIRST AID
- Cover the affected eye with a pad and bandage lightly
- Do not put pressure on the eye
- Ask casualty to keep eyes still, suggest focus on a point in the distance
- Refer to medical assistance
- If an object is protruding from the eye DO NOT attempt to remove it.
- Stabilize the object (e.g. with a paper cup) before bandaging.
- A foreign object on the surface of the eye should be flushed. Tilt the head with the injured eye down and flush downwards. Chemicals in the eye must be flushed until ambulance arrives
EAR WOUNDS
- In trauma or accidental injuries to upper part of body importance should also be given to any fluid or blood coming out of the ear. It indicates injury to inner ear or brain.
FIRST AID
- In any management of wound to the ear it is important not to plug the ear.
- Allow the fluid to drain, catching it in a pad.
- Bandage lightly and monitor casualty’s condition.
- Call ambulance immediately.