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I am a big advocate for safety glasses. I wear shooting glasses when I mow the lawn or hammer metal on metal. One of my colleagues gave me a sarcastic smile when I encouraged him to wear his while mowing the lawn. The irony is he was on call that night and saw a patient with a traumatic hyphema because a rock ricocheted off the side of the house while he was mowing the lawn.
Until now, I have not seen a case where a patient lost an eye because of a FB shot into the eye while mowing the lawn. This eye is NLP and will have to be removed. If you look at the photos closely, then you will see retina in the anterior chamber:
Wear your safety glasses when mowing the lawn!
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Residents and physicians should participate in the AAO eye trauma survey:
Physician Volunteers Needed to Participate in National Eye Injury Survey
April 1, 2004
SAN FRANCISCO?The American Academy of Ophthalmology invites all practicing U.S. ophthalmologists, as well as emergency, pediatric and family physicians who treat eye injures, to participate in a one-day survey, the Eye Injury Snapshot Project. The Academy is conducting the survey on Monday, May 17, 2004.
Academy Secretary of Communications, Paul J. Sternberg Jr., M.D., said, ?More than one million people suffer from eye injuries annually. Eye injuries are the leading cause of visual impairment in the United States. The Academy wants to conduct a survey to determine how many injuries are treated during a 24-hour period of time on any given day in this country.?
The Academy plans to use the data obtained from the project to create public awareness of eye injuries and encourage eye health and safety behaviors. If successful, the survey could provide a basis for ongoing-annual data gathering efforts and provide a vehicle to distinguish ophthalmologists as providers of medical eye care.
If you?re interested in participating in the project and would like more information, to be sent a reminder or to obtain a copy of the survey, please visit the Academy?s Web site at www.aao.org/snapshot. All survey?s should be completed and returned to the Academy by May 31.
Until now, I have not seen a case where a patient lost an eye because of a FB shot into the eye while mowing the lawn. This eye is NLP and will have to be removed. If you look at the photos closely, then you will see retina in the anterior chamber:
Wear your safety glasses when mowing the lawn!
____________________________________________
Residents and physicians should participate in the AAO eye trauma survey:
Physician Volunteers Needed to Participate in National Eye Injury Survey
April 1, 2004
SAN FRANCISCO?The American Academy of Ophthalmology invites all practicing U.S. ophthalmologists, as well as emergency, pediatric and family physicians who treat eye injures, to participate in a one-day survey, the Eye Injury Snapshot Project. The Academy is conducting the survey on Monday, May 17, 2004.
Academy Secretary of Communications, Paul J. Sternberg Jr., M.D., said, ?More than one million people suffer from eye injuries annually. Eye injuries are the leading cause of visual impairment in the United States. The Academy wants to conduct a survey to determine how many injuries are treated during a 24-hour period of time on any given day in this country.?
The Academy plans to use the data obtained from the project to create public awareness of eye injuries and encourage eye health and safety behaviors. If successful, the survey could provide a basis for ongoing-annual data gathering efforts and provide a vehicle to distinguish ophthalmologists as providers of medical eye care.
If you?re interested in participating in the project and would like more information, to be sent a reminder or to obtain a copy of the survey, please visit the Academy?s Web site at www.aao.org/snapshot. All survey?s should be completed and returned to the Academy by May 31.
