41YOF SUSTAINED A LEFT EYE INJURY APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR BEFORE COMING TO THE ER.  SHE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR A DOG KENNEL USING A FLATHEAD SCREWDRIVER, WHICH RECOILED AND STRUCK HER IN THE EYE.  THE PATIENT REPORTS PERSISTENT BLEEDING, WEEPING, AND SEVERE PAIN. PATIENT NOTES SHE HAD BEEN DRINKING.  BAL: NOT DONE. DX:  LEFT EYE INJURY, SCLERAL ABRASION.  ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION.
Date: 3/6/2025
Category: tools and workshop equipment
Product: SCREWDRIVERS
Products involved: PET SUPPLIES; SCREWDRIVERS
Diagnosis: Contusions, Abrasions
Body part: Eyeball
Location: Home