title: Bringing common EYE emergencies into focus.
abstract: Use this overview as a guide to appropriate emergency interventions that may save someone's eyesight.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Education Programs, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Boyd-Monk
mesh_terms: D004630:Emergencies; D016529:Emergency Nursing; D004638:Emergency Treatment / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D005123:Eye; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000628:therapy; D017751:Safety Management; D014792:Visual Acuity