Important Emergency Measures for Foreign body in eye in first aid treatment-“Emergency Care”

 Emergency Care

A summary of emergency first aid measures for various types of condition is shown in the following table.

Measures

Condition and Emergency measures

Any emergency-

Assess the situation

Assess the casualty

Assess the condition

Give appropriate first aid

Foreign body in eye –

Do not allow him to rub the eye.

Remove it by touching it with tip of a cotton wick or handkerchief.

Do not try to remove foreign body from the eye with sharp instruments.

Irrigate eye with plain water

Send him to a hospital immediately.

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