What measures should be available for eye injuries

What should I do if I have an eye injury? Eye injuries are medically known as ocular trauma. Ocular trauma is caused by mechanical, physical and chemical factors that directly affect the eye, causing structural and functional damage to the eye. Ocular trauma is a common occurrence in daily life, and if not properly treated at home, it may cause the patient to lose the best treatment conditions by the time he/she reaches the hospital, or even cause more damage to the patient due to wrong treatment. Therefore, it is very important to provide timely treatment for ocular trauma, and we need to use different treatment methods for different ocular trauma. So, how should we provide first aid for different eye trauma? Eye trauma experts, if the eye injury in life, the injured person and the rescuer must first identify the site, nature and degree of injury, and then give the corresponding treatment according to different situations. Chemical burns: the family commonly used in a variety of potions, ointments, cleaning agents, acid and alkaline solutions, etc., once accidentally into the eye or misuse point eye, to immediately flush with a large amount of water, available basin to receive tap water or directly into the head under the tap water repeatedly blinking rinse, as far as possible to flush out harmful substances, and then go to the hospital for further treatment. Immediate rinsing is vital, do not make any rinsing, blindly looking for a hospital, delaying the time, so that the chemical substances remain in the eye, with the extension of time, the damage continues to rapidly aggravate. Eye rupture injury: This kind of eye trauma is mostly injured by blunt object striking and squeezing. After the eye is hit by a blunt object, local swelling and pain is produced. If there is no open skin wound, cold towels can be applied to reduce swelling and pain. If eye trauma causes eyelid laceration or bleeding, use clean gauze bandages and send to the hospital for treatment. Ocular penetrating injuries: Ocular penetrating injuries are most often caused by sharp objects and are characterized by hot tears and blurred vision. Therefore, when eye trauma is confirmed, the first thing is to protect the injured eye, but do not rub the eye again, even a small pressure can cause the intraocular tissue from the wound to come out of the eye, aggravating the damage to the eye. Next, cover the injured eye with your hand to determine if the injured eye can see clearly, and quickly transfer it to a hospital. Foreign body injury in the eye: Never rub the eye when there are particles in the eye. You can raise the upper eyelid and pull it downward, pull it over the lower eyelid, and let the eyelashes brush out the particles in the upper eyelid; or close the eye or blink several times to let the particles flow out with the tears; you can also use saline or cold water to flush. If the particles are still present, close the eye and send it to the hospital for ophthalmology treatment as soon as possible. Finally, parents are reminded that eye trauma is a common and serious cause of blindness, and children have a high chance of eye trauma.