There is a complete range of eye trauma services available, as well as subspecialty services including cornea, glaucoma, ocular plastics and neuro-ophthalmology. Construction activities account for a large percentage of eye injuries see at the Infirmary. Many of these injuries are preventable by use of appropriate eye safety protection. Everyone engaged in construction activities, be they professional construction or the home repair person, should wear eye protection when doing construction activities. Sports activities also account or a large number of eye injuries every year.
Many children sustain eye injuries during sports activities.
Protective eyewear during sports activities is encouraged and would go a long way towards preventing many of these injuries. Complete evaluation by an ophthalmologist trained in eye trauma is essential after any type of eye injury. Anyone who sustains a serious injury to the eye, including blunt injuries, should be seen as soon as possible. In the case of a serious eye injury, the injured eye should be covered with a protective shield and the injured person should not have anything to eat or drink, but rather should seek by an ophthalmologist as soon as possible. Examination by emergency room physicians who are not ophthalmologists does not substitute for complete evaluation by a trained ophthalmologist.