Allergies
- Redness
- Itching
- Watery eye s
- Burning feeling
- Blurred vision
Primary management of the injury
General eye injury
- Try and flush any object out of the eye
- Keep the victim still and comfortable
- Place a sterile pad over the eye
- Avoid putting pressure on the eye
- Make sure that the person does no blink or move their eye
- Keep the uninjured eye closed or covered
- Seek medical advise
- Do not place object, such as finger in the victims eye
Chemical injury
- Rinse the affected eye for at least 15 minutes with fresh, clean flowing water and make sure that fluid does not enter the uninjured eye.
- Seek urgent medical aid
Flash burns
- Use Dilating drops as it relaxes the eye muscle and eases the pain
- Cover both eyes and let the eye rest and heal
- Use antibiotics to help stop infection
Small foreign body in the eye
- Encourage the victim to blink several times
- Flush the affected area with clean water or preferably sterile saline if available.
- Seek medical advice if the object does not remove
Embedded object in the eye
- Do not remove the object
- Place a protective cover on the injured eye; ensure that there is no pressure on the eye. Use an object such as a plastic or polystyrene cup can be used and secured in place.
- Place a pad to be placed over the uninjured eye to minimise movements in both eyes.
- Seek urgent medical aid
Summary - Eye Injury
Eye injuries can be ranged to minor such as getting soap in your eyes to the catastrophic, resulting in permanent loss of vision or the loss of an eye. Often occur in the workplace, at home and participating in sports. There are many ways to injury your eye such as chemical injury, flash burns, infections, and allergies, embedded object in the eye and Small foreign body in the eye. These injuries can be severe but it can also be managed.
Bites and Stings
The nature of the injury
Bites and stings can occur when the species seeks to defend itself or when it seeks to feed off the bitten person and can inject venom in the human body. As every venomous creature is different the bites and stings will depend on the characteristics such as the type of creature, strength and the amount of venom injected into the body. All insect bites can have an allergic reaction to humans and the size of the reaction depends on the level of the allergy the victim has. As some venom may seem as minor bites/ stings if the victim has an allergic reaction to the venom they may go into anaphylactic shock which can turn serious.
Signs and symptoms of the injury
Snakebite
- Puncture marks
- Headache
- Nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea
- Breathing difficulties
- Weak limbs, pain
- Doubled vision
- Abdominal pain
- Rapid pulse
Bee, wasps
- Severe pain
- Redness and swelling
Additional symptoms that people may have with allergies:
- Itchy rash
- Puffy eyes and face
- Difficulty in breathing
- Nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea
- Collapse
Bluebottles
- Sting marks
- Pain
- Headache
- Vomiting
- Breathing difficulties
Primary management of the injury
Snakebite
- DRABCD
- Rest
- Apply a pressure immobilisation bandage over the bite
- Immobilise the snake bite
- Do not elevate
- Urgent call for medical help
Bee and wasps
- Remove the sting by scraping or flicking it sideways
- Apply ice
- Monitor for allergic reactions
- Seek medical advice
Bluebottles
- DRABCD
- Dip the area in hot water which will help ease the pain
- Seek medical attention
Summary- Bites and Stings
Bites and stings can occur when the species seeks to defend itself or when it seeks to feed off the bitten person and can inject venom in the human body. As every venomous creature is different the bites and stings will depend on the characteristics such as the type of creature, strength and the amount of venom injected into the body. All insect bites can have an allergic reaction to humans and the size of the reaction depends on the level of the allergy the victim has. As some venom may seem as minor bites/ stings if the victim has an allergic reaction to the venom they may go into anaphylactic shock which can turn serious.
