A lacerated eyeball
Procedure
This could force fluid out of the eyeball.
- 2.Do not remove a protruding foreign body from the eye.
- 3.Pad around the eye and cover with a dressing.
- 4.Transport the patient to medical aid immediately.
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by flushing the eye with water or an already prepared or manufactured sterile saline solution.
- 2.It may be necessary to hold the patient's eyelids open.
If possible, continue flushing en route, preferably using sterile saline solution.
- 4.Apply a moist dressing and transport the patient to medical aid immediately.
The treatment of burned lids requires specialized care, therefore apply moistened sterile dressing and transport the patient to medical aid immediately.
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