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Civilian Emergency Platform
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Dust, metal flake, insect, or debris is in the eye causing pain, watering, and blinking.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — NOT EXPERT REVIEWED — NOT FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Red watering eye, feeling of sand, cannot open eye fully.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Visible speck on white of eye or under lid.
Scene hazards: Corneal scratch, Workshop metal fragment
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Stop rubbing. Tilt head toward affected side over basin.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Begin steady stream of clean water inner corner outward.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Flush 15 minutes for suspected chemical; 5–10 for dust.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — If contact lens present — remove after flush if easy.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Call 112 if welding flash, battery acid, or sharp object stuck in eye.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Urgent eye clinic if flushing fails to relieve pain.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Slit-lamp exam removes hidden particles under lid.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Antibiotic drops prescribed when cornea scratched.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT use tweezers on central coloured part of eye.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT patch eye tightly before professional exam if penetrating injury possible.
MYTH: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Blowing into the eye removes dust safely
REALITY: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Breath introduces bacteria. Sterile saline or clean water flush is safer.
DANGER: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Corneal infection from non-sterile blowing.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Foreign bodies scratch the cornea — pain persists after object removed.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Metal from grinding may rust and need specialist removal.