Ophthalmology

Learning Units

Unit 8: Eye Trauma

Introduction
1: Eyelid Lacerations
Introduction

History

Examination

Treatment

Prognosis
2: Corneal Abrasion
Introduction

Causes, Symptoms and Signs

History and Investigation

Treatment
3: Subtarsal & Corneal Foreign bodies
Introduction

Symptoms

Signs

Management
4: Injuries from Trauma
Introduction

History

Signs and Symptoms

Complications

Investigation

Treatment
5: Ruptured Globe
Introduction

History and Symptoms

Signs

Examination

Treatment
6: Chemical Injury
Introduction

Types

Treatment

History

Examination
7: Traumatic Optic Neuropathy
Introduction

Symptoms and Signs

Examination

Investigation and Management
8: Orbital Fracture
Introduction

History

Symptoms and Signs

Examination

Investigations
Self Assessment

8: Orbital Fracture

Examination

Look for enophthalmos
Visual acuity
Pupils
Colour vision
Ocular motility
Examine the eye for injury, including ophthalmoscopy

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Colour Vision

This can be tested by asking patient to look at a red object and describe if it appears desaturated (less red) compared with the healthy eye. Within ophthalmology clinics it is usually tested using Ishihara colour plates. These contain coloured numbers against a coloured background and the patient is asked to identify each number in turn.